ploy

ploy  (ploi)

n.

An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" (Jill Smolowe).

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[Perhaps from employ, employment (obsolete).]

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ploy [plɔɪ]

n

1. a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc.; stratagem; gambit

2. any business, job, hobby, etc., with which one is occupied angling is his latest ploy

3. Chiefly Brit a frolic, escapade, or practical joke

[originally Scot and northern English, perhaps from obsolete n sense of employ meaning an occupation]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ploy - an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker gambit comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"
	2.	ploy - a maneuver in a game or conversation stratagem, gambit tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre - a move made to gain a tactical end

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ploy

noun tactic, move, trick, device, game, scheme, manoeuvre, dodge, ruse, gambit, subterfuge, stratagem, contrivance, wile a cynical marketing ploy

Translations

ploy [plɔɪ] N → truco m, estratagema f

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ploy [ˈplɔɪ] n → stratagème m
a ploy to do sth → un stratagème pour faire qch
it was just a ploy to get me out of the house → c'était juste un stratagème pour me faire sortir de la maison

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ploy

n (= stratagem) → Trick m

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ploy [plɔɪ] n → stratagemma m, manovra

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ploy [plɔɪ] n → stratagemma m, manovra

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ploy

n ploy [ploi]

1 a plan; a manoeuvre She uses various ploys for getting her own way. plan حيلَه او مُناوَرَة في الحَديث لِخِداعِ المُنافِس маневра manévr kneb die List τέχνασμα truco, estratagema nüke ترفند juoni stratagème תַּכסִיס व्यूह, व्यवहार का तरीका manevar,potez csíny, trükk rencana klækur, kænskubragð stratagemma 策 책략 gudrybė viltība; gājiens helah truc strategi, knep sztuczka estratagema stra­ta­gemă уловка manéver prijem, zvijača smicalica trick, knep กลวิธี hile, numara 手法，策略 трюк سازش، چال kế hoạch 手法，策略

2 a piece of business; a little task The children were off on some ploy of their own. takie عَمَل، مُهِمَّة بَسيطَه занимание činnost opgave die Angelegenheit απασχόληση tarea askeldus کاسبی juttu passe-temps תַרגִיל व्यवसाय pothvat,zamisao elfoglaltság urusan erindi attività, occupazione 仕事 놀이, 일 reikalai darīšanas; nodarbība; darbiņš urusan onderneming ærend, oppgave zadanie, przedsięwzięcie assunto treabă занятие, дело činnosť podvig zanimacija påhitt, skoj, eskapad งาน iş 事情 заняття چھوٹا کام، چھوٹي تجارت công việc 事情