Noun: ploy ploy
- A tactic or manoeuvre intended to gain an advantage
"Her ploy to distract the guards worked perfectly";
- gambit, stratagem
- An opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker
"His offer of help was just a ploy to get inside information";
- gambit
Derived forms: ploys
Type of: comment, input, maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], remark, tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Ploy