Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crafty stratagem; a subterfuge. synonym: wile.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fall.
- To slide down a declivity with a rustling noise.
- A Middle English or dialectal form of
roose. Cath. Ang . - To give way; fall back; retreat; use tricks for the purpose of escaping.
- noun The use of artifice or trickery; also, a stratagem.
- noun Synonyms Manœuver, Trick, etc. See
artifice and stratagem.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
- noun a stratagem of war.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
trick - noun
guile
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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David Leathley pretended to be Joel Bennathan QC in what he described as a "ruse of war" to prove his accuser was lying.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Richard Alleyne 2012
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While this ruse is unfolding, the worm separately uses the victim's machine to fill out a new account application.
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Out of state energy companies are falsely portraying increased environmental protection as a threat to economic prosperity, and their ruse is being expressed in the form of an initiative on the state's November ballot.
Edward Flattau: Scare Tactics Edward Flattau 2010
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Out of state energy companies are falsely portraying increased environmental protection as a threat to economic prosperity, and their ruse is being expressed in the form of an initiative on the state's November ballot.
Edward Flattau: Scare Tactics Edward Flattau 2010
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Out of state energy companies are falsely portraying increased environmental protection as a threat to economic prosperity, and their ruse is being expressed in the form of an initiative on the state's November ballot.
Edward Flattau: Scare Tactics Edward Flattau 2010
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After the ruse is revealed, the real people had to sign waivers to be in the ads.
Ad Track: Networks find ads for fall shows a tough sell 2009
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It's just another ruse from the Government to make the public feel dependent on them - Labour's client state in a nutshell.
Why have we lost control of Swine Flue when Britain is supposed to be "the best prepared country in the world" Norfolk Blogger 2009
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But yes, the 'we've made it simpler!' ruse is a favourite of the banks too.
NOT CLEAR lili 2008
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But the fact that the mom INSTIGATED the MySpace ruse is evidence enough that she has no empathy whatsoever.
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The ruse is that since only God knows the human heart, then this group/individual can claim to be Christian.
janusz_chorzepa commented on the word ruse
a subterfuge
trick
July 11, 2009