Noun:

शत्रु को ठगने का उपाय, मोचा-बंदी, मोरचाबंदी, छल, युक्ति, कपट,

stratagem's Usage Examples:

g P Y g the century the ports of Yucatan and Central America were frequently raided, and in 1682 Tampico suffered a like disaster; in May 1683 Vera Cruz itself was captured through stratagem by two buccaneers, Van Horn and Laurent, who plundered the town for ten days, committed shocking outrages, and escaped as the Spanish fleet arrived.

In 1643 the parliamentary party made themselves masters of the island and castle, but shortly afterwards these were regained by the Royalists through a clever stratagem, and not recovered again by the forces of the parliament till 1646.

At last, by a picturesque stratagem, he gained possession of Tepeleni and took vengeance on his enemies.

But even if the appeal to the Koran had been a stratagem, as Ali himself thought, it would have been perfectly legitimate, according to the general views of that time, which had been also those of the Prophet.

Their death by stratagem had already been planned, and on the 10th of March they had to go into hiding.

He had, ten years before this, only escaped promotion to the episcopate by a very questionable stratagem - which, however, he defends in his instructive and eloquent treatise De Sacerdotio.

God after god was ordered to pursue him and recover them, but it would seem that it was only by a stratagem that they were finally regained.

In 1199 one of his lieutenants, named Bakhtiyar, advanced into Bengal, and expelled by an audacious stratagem the last Hindu raja of Nadia.

By means of a stratagem, however, Eugene penetrated into the city during the night, at the head of 2000 men, and, though he found it impossible to hold the town, succeeded in carrying off Villeroi as a prisoner.

The stratagem was successful, and Henry cast off all disguise.

Synonyms:

gambit, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre, ploy, manoeuvre, maneuver,

Antonyms:

refrain, undock, stand still, confront, truth,