stratagème, subterfuge

French - English

Definition of stratagème, subterfuge in French English dictionary

{n} ruse

a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

guile

A ruse is an action or plan which is intended to deceive someone. It is now clear that this was a ruse to divide them. a clever trick used to deceive someone (ruser; RUSH)

a trick

{i} trick, stratagem, scheme

An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit

Hyphenation

stratagème, sub·ter·fuge