C1noun · countable / uncountable · rare

ploy

ploy · ploys

апарат, пристрій

уловка

Trick, List, Manöver, Masche

A tactic, strategy, or schemeA tactic, strategy, or scheme.

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/plɔɪ/

» Tom's ploy almost succeeded.

Toms Masche wäre fast aufgegangen.

Meaning

3 senses

(countable, uncountable)A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem, device
The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.
Trick, List, Masche
уло́вкаulóvka
(Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable)Sport; frolic.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Employment.

More definitions

a maneuver in a game or conversation
an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

Examples

4 sentences

Tom's ploy almost succeeded.
deToms Masche wäre fast aufgegangen.
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His ploy almost succeeded.
ruЕго уловка почти удалась.
deSeine Masche wäre fast aufgegangen.
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Her ploy almost succeeded.
deIhre Masche wäre fast aufgegangen.
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The opposition party claimed that approving the bill by a vote late at night was a political ploy.
ruОппозиция заявила, что утверждение закона путем голосования поздней ночью - это политическая уловка.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

strategy, tactic:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

strategy, tactic:

Origin

Possibly from a shortened form of employ or deploy. Or from earlier ploye, from Middle Eng

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.

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