| ploy | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. gambit, ploy | an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker. |
| ~ 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" |
| n. (act) | 2. gambit, ploy, stratagem | a maneuver in a game or conversation. |
| ~ tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre | a move made to gain a tactical end. |
| ruse | | |
| n. (act) | 1. artifice, ruse | a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture). |
| ~ tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, maneuver, manoeuvre | a move made to gain a tactical end. |
| lose track | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. lose track | fail to keep informed or aware.; "She has so many books, she just lost track and cannot find this volume" |
| ~ fail, neglect | fail to do something; leave something undone.; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account" |
| mislead | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. lead astray, misdirect, misguide, mislead | lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions.; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" |
| ~ lead, guide, take, conduct, direct | take somebody somewhere.; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| v. (communication) | 2. misinform, mislead | give false or misleading information to. |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ lie | tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive.; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29" |
| ~ beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate | be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information. |
| ~ exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
| ~ sandbag | downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling. |
| ~ deceive, lead astray, betray | cause someone to believe an untruth.; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
| ruse | | |
| trick | | |
| n. (act) | 1. fast one, trick | a cunning or deceitful action or device.; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" |
| ~ device, gimmick, twist | any clever maneuver.; "he would stoop to any device to win a point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions gimmick for greedy businessmen" |
| ~ schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik | (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating.; "how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?" |
| n. (time) | 2. trick | a period of work or duty. |
| ~ duty period, work shift, shift | the time period during which you are at work. |
| n. (act) | 3. trick | an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent.; "that offer was a dirty trick" |
| ~ knavery, dishonesty | lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing. |
| n. (act) | 4. antic, caper, joke, prank, put-on, trick | a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement. |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ dirty trick | an unkind or aggressive trick. |
| ~ practical joke | a prank or trick played on a person (especially one intended to make the victim appear foolish). |
| n. (act) | 5. conjuration, conjuring trick, deception, illusion, legerdemain, magic, magic trick, thaumaturgy, trick | an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. |
| ~ performance | the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment.; "we congratulated him on his performance at the rehearsal"; "an inspired performance of Mozart's C minor concerto" |
| ~ card trick | a trick performed with playing cards. |
| ~ prestidigitation, sleight of hand | manual dexterity in the execution of tricks. |
| n. (person) | 6. john, trick, whoremaster, whoremonger | a prostitute's customer. |
| ~ customer, client | someone who pays for goods or services. |
| n. (act) | 7. trick | (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner. |
| ~ turn, play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| v. (social) | 8. flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick | deceive somebody.; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week" |
| ~ cozen, deceive, delude, lead on | be false to; be dishonest with. |
| ~ snooker | fool or dupe.; "He was snookered by the con-man's smooth talk" |
| lose track | | |
| mislead | | |
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