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Stratagem

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stratagem'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stratagem.html. 1828.