Found 3 items, similar to stratagem.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: stratagem muslihat
English → English (WordNet) Definition: stratagem stratagem n 1: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit] 2: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; “his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track” [syn: contrivance, dodge]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Stratagem Stratagem \Strat"a*gem\, n. [F. stratag[`e]me (cf. Sp. estratagema, It. stratagemma), L. strategema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to be leader of an army, fr. ? a general; ? an army (probably as being spread out; cf. Stratum) + ? to lead. See Agent.] An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. [1913 Webster] Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. --Pope. [1913 Webster]