ruse

Noun
Synonyms: artifice

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)Synonyms: artifice
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ruse \Ruse\, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.] An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit. [1913 Webster]

Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war. [1913 Webster]

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