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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   ploy
       n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the
            speaker [syn: gambit, ploy]
       2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit,
          stratagem]