ruse

Noun
US[rooz]/ruz/1 syllable
Synonyms: artifice

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)Synonyms: artificeType of maneuver, manoeuvre
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ruse noun

Origin: F., fr. OF. reüser, 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.

Ruse de guerre (…) , a stratagem of war.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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