ploy

Mane (Îngilîzî)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
2. (Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Sport; frolic.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Employment.

Verb

To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

Têgeh

dek

Berevajî

deploy

Hevwate

trick

stratagem

gambit

ruse

artifice

scheme

tactics

strategy

intrigue

plot

contrivance

wangle

flourish

fraud

frolic

game

handling

hitch

hoax

hobby

hook

🪝

humbug

imposition

imposture

jugglery

plan

ring

💍

rink

scam

shenanigan

shrewd

snag

squiggle

storyline

subterfuge

swindle

tactic

treachery

trickery

plot line

riding school

secret plan

hokey-pokey

management

policy

strategies

catch

cheating

con

deceit

Werger

List

truco

stratagème

ardid

estrategia

tactique

Trick

Masche

stratégie

stratagemma

strategie

gambit

estratagema

truc

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/plɔɪ/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: -

In summary

Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle English, borrowed from Middle French ployer (compare modern plier), from Latin plicāre.