ploy

About 0.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

   The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.

2. noun Sport; frolic.
3. noun Employment.
4. verb To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

Similar words

stratagem gambit tactic scheme show expedient manipulation ingenuity manoeuvring sleight

Often followed by

to of was is by that in for and

Word family

ploys