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ruse [ruːz] n an action intended to mislead, deceive, or trick; stratagem [from Old French: trick, esp to evade capture, from ruser to retreat, from Latin recūsāre to refuse] Ruse [ˈruːseɪ] n (Placename) a city in NE Bulgaria, on the River Danube: the chief river port and one of the largest industrial centres in Bulgaria. Pop.: 166 467 (1999 est.) In military deception, a trick of war designed to deceive the adversary, usually involving the deliberate exposure of false information to the adversary's intelligence collection system. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
ruse Translations ruse n → List f n ruse [ruːz] a clever trick or plan. slim plan حيلَه، خِدْعَه хитрост lest kneb die List κόλπο, τέχνασμα ardid, treta riugas حیله؛ ترفند juoni ruse תַרגִיל छल, चाल varka, lukavština fortély tipuan bragð, klækur stratagemma 策略 계략 gudrybė, išdaiga gudrība; viltīgs plāns muslihat list knep, lureri fortel manha şiretlic уловка lesť, úskok zvijača smicalica list, knep, fint อุบาย hile, düzen 計謀 викрут, хитрощі چال mưu mẹo 计策 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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My ruse was successful, and the entire party of man-hunters raced headlong after me up one canyon while Ghak bore Perry to safety up the other. As soon as Bonaparte (who was at Schonbrunn, sixteen miles from Hollabrunn) received Murat's dispatch with the proposal of a truce and a capitulation, he detected a ruse and wrote the following letter to Murat: - very likely a ruse to get rid of guests who had certainly been behaving as though the Lodge was their permanent home. |
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