Stratagem
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An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, ingeneral, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak.Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, butwe that dream. Pope.
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a carefully planned way of achieving or dealing with something, often involving a trick:
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A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.
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