ruse Definition

artifice, ploy, subterfuge, deception, stratagem, gimmick, pretext, trick, machination, scheme, sleight, trickery, cunning, excuse, dodge, thing, device, guile, ingenuity, russian, rousse, charade, smokescreen, dupe, hoax, scam, gambit, tactic, disguise, deceit, swindle, chicanery, con artist, disinformation, pretense, contrivance, conman, feint, sham, phony, imposter, red herring, fig leaf, phoney, fake, put one over, sleighty, switcheroo, prank, illusion, sting operation, impostor, supercherie, conspirators, thimblerig, slyboots, modus operandi, discredit, coggery, joke, farce, scammers, coverup, unknowing, attempt, masquerade, grift, swindlers, bilk, guise, pyramid scheme, falsehood, sting, fallacy, bait and switch, cabal, confidence game, chicaner, blackmail, confidence trick, legerdemain, beswike, wishful thinking, bluff, misdirection, decoy, hiding, vafrous, imposture, cahoots, mirage, jigamaree, backdoor, decipiency, callidity, schemers, greenmail, aliases, dobber, jape,