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Noun: ruse  rooz
  1. Clever or cunning devices or strategies, especially used to deceive or trick
    "The spy's clever ruse allowed him to escape detection";
    - artifice

Sounds like: rum, ruse, rue

Derived forms: ruses

Type of: maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Ruse, New South Wales