The enemy somehow got word of the stratagem.
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Stratagem
//ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm//
Synonyms for "stratagem" (175 found)
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jury-rigged expedientknaverylame excuselast expedientlast resortlast shiftlittle gamelocus standiluremachinationmakeshiftmaneuvermaneuveringmanipulationmanoeuvremaskmeansmeans to an endmeasuremove
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Noun(2 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
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8 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στρατήγημα noun (tactic)
Bulgarian
2 entries- уловка noun (tactic)
- хитрина noun (tactic)
Catalan
1 entries- estratagema noun (tactic)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 伎倆 /伎俩 noun (tactic)
- 戰略 /战略 noun (tactic)
- 策略 noun (tactic)
- 花招 noun (tactic)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 伎倆 /伎俩 noun (tactic)
Danish
2 entries- krigslist noun (tactic)
- taktik noun (tactic)
Dutch
1 entries- krijgslist noun (tactic)
Estonian
2 entries- kavalus noun (tactic)
- sõjakavalus noun (tactic)
Finnish
3 entries- juoni noun (tactic)
- petos noun (tactic)
- salajuoni noun (tactic)
French
1 entries- stratagème noun (tactic)
German
3 entries- Kriegslist noun (tactic)
- Stratagem noun (tactic)
- Strategem noun (tactic)
Greek
1 entries- στρατήγημα noun (tactic)
Hungarian
1 entries- hadicsel noun (tactic)
Indonesian
2 entries- muslihat noun (tactic)
- siasat noun (tactic)
Irish
1 entries- beart noun (tactic)
Italian
3 entries- schema noun (tactic)
- stratagemma noun (tactic)
- tattica noun (tactic)
Japanese
3 entries- 策略 noun (tactic)
- 計略 noun (tactic)
- 謀略 noun (tactic)
Korean
2 entries- 계략 noun (tactic)
- 계책 noun (tactic)
Latin
2 entries- stratēgēma noun (tactic)
- sūtēla noun (tactic)
Māori
2 entries- nuka noun (tactic)
- rauhanga noun (tactic)
Norwegian
2 entries- krigslist noun (tactic)
- list noun (tactic)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اورند noun (tactic)
- حیله noun (tactic)
Polish
3 entries- chwyt noun (tactic)
- fortel noun (tactic)
- zagrywka noun (tactic)
Portuguese
2 entries- estratagema noun (tactic)
- maquinação noun (tactic)
Russian
4 entries- стратаге́ма noun (tactic)
- уло́вка noun (tactic)
- ухищре́ние noun (tactic)
- хи́трость noun (tactic)
Spanish
2 entries- estratagema noun (tactic)
- trafique noun (tactic)
Swedish
1 entries- krigslist noun (tactic)
Thai
1 entries- ชั้นเชิง noun (tactic)
Turkish
2 entries- harp hilesi noun (tactic)
- savaş hilesi noun (tactic)
Ukrainian
2 entries- трюк noun (tactic)
- хитрість noun (tactic)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Some regard Monsanto's lawsuits as a stratagem to impose costly delays on Argentine soy meal exports to Europe, and thereby pressure the Argentine government to change its seed laws to suit the company.
Source: tatoeba (11857263)
By a daring, but treacherous stratagem, Pizarro got possession of the king, who had come by invitation on a friendly visit.
Source: tatoeba (11857317)
Near-synonyms: ploy, ruse
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