Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Milit., to move from line into column: the opposite of
deploy . - noun Employment.
- noun A harmless frolic; a merrymaking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. & Scot. Sport; frolic.
- intransitive verb (Mil.) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of
deploy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tactic ,strategy , orgimmick . - verb military To form a
column from a line of troops on some designatedsubdivision .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a maneuver in a game or conversation
- noun an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Then it dawned on me; this ploy is the latest twist on the old Nigerian email scam.
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
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Then it dawned on me; this ploy is the latest twist on the old Nigerian email scam.
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
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Some of the candidates running against incumbent PDP governors also say they're not allowed to place adverts and programs on state media, which they call a ploy to deny them access to the public.
Nigerian Opposition Candidates Complain About Meeting Place Restrictions 2011
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Then it dawned on me; this ploy is the latest twist on the old Nigerian email scam.
Harmon Leon: For the Love of Viagra Spam and the 419 Email Scam Harmon Leon 2010
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The "I had my records expunged" - or "I had my name taken off the list" ploy is just as phony.
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"The, 'I can't compromise classified information,' ploy is phony," he said.
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Using strategies as a political ploy is one thing, but the ONLY reason that they are turning on Crist is he took the stimulus money to help the citizens of Florida!
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It was a long time ago, ploy is weak and unacceptable.
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The "fire at St. Louis destroyed my records," ploy is not valid, either.
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The "I can't compromise classified information," ploy is phony.
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