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   stratagem

   /ˈstratədʒəm/

   noun

   • 1. a plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end: "a series of devious stratagems"
   • ▪ skill in devising plans or schemes; cunning.

   Word Origin late 15th century (originally denoting a military ploy): from French stratagème, via Latin from Greek stratēgēma, from stratēgein ‘be a general’, from stratēgos ‘general’, from stratos ‘army’ + agein ‘to lead’.

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