Noun: stratagem stra-tu-jum
- A tactic or manoeuvre intended to gain an advantage
"The company's marketing stratagem increased sales significantly";
- ploy, gambit
- An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
"his testimony was just a stratagem to throw us off the track";
- contrivance, dodge [informal]
Derived forms: stratagems
Type of: maneuver [US], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], scheme, strategy, tactical maneuver [US], tactical manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn]
Encyclopedia: Stratagem