ploy

ploy
/ploy/, n.
1. a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
v.t.
2. Mil. Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column. Cf. deploy.
v.i.
3. Mil. Archaic. to move from a line into a column.
[1475-85; earlier ploye to bend < MF ployer (F plier) < L plicare to fold, PLY2; see DEPLOY]
Syn. 1. tactic, ruse, subterfuge, wile, gambit.

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