ruse

n. trick, stratagem, scheme

A ruse is an action or plan which is intended to deceive someoneMichael Ruse is a philosopher of science. Ruse is the name of several places:Ruse, Bulgaria is a city in Bulgaria, usually spelt Rousse.Ruse Province is the province surrounding the Bulgarian city.Ruše is a Slovenian city and municipality.Ruse, New South Wales is a suburb of Sydney, Australia.Ruse is also the name of a comic book series:Ruse (comics), published by CrossGen
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Ruše (German Maria Rast; population 10,000) is a city and a municipality in Slovenia. It lies on the river Drave, between the Pohorje mountain and Kozjak hill ranges. It is approximately 12 km from Maribor (population 200,000) the center of the Slovenian region of Styria.
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Noun
1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
(synonym) artifice
(hypernym) maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre

n. cunning, craftiness, trickery, artfulness; guile, wiliness, ruse; craft, wile

adj. crafty, cunning, artful, astute; designing, guileful, sly; trick, wily

n. fox, shrewd and cunning person

v. use cunning

(n.)
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.