Stratagem Definition

stratagem
noun
  1. a maneuver in a game or conversation
  2. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track"

"Stratagem" in song lyrics

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  • "chess stratagem"
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Words that rhyme with stratagem

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