Stratagem
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Stratagem may refer to:
  • Confidence trick
    Confidence trick
    A confidence trick is an attempt to defraud a person or group by gaining their confidence. A confidence artist is an individual working alone or in concert with others who exploits characteristics of the human psyche such as dishonesty and honesty, vanity, compassion, credulity, irresponsibility,...

    , an attempt to swindle a person which involves gaining his or her confidence
  • Ruse of war
    Ruse of war
    A ruse of war, or ruse de guerre, is an action taken by a belligerent in warfare to fool the enemy in order to gain intelligence or a military advantage against an enemy.-Modern history:* American Civil War General George Meade's General Order No...

    , an action taken to fool the enemy.
  • HMS Stratagem (P234)
    HMS Stratagem (P234)
    HMS Stratagem was an S-class submarine of the Royal Navy, and part of the Third Group built of that class. She was built by Cammell Laird and launched on 21 June 1943...

    , an S class submarine
  • "Stratagem" (Star Trek: Enterprise), the 66th episode of Star Trek: Enterprise

See also

  • Stratagems
    Stratagems
    Strategems, the plural of stratagem meaning ruse or, more specifically, ruse of war, features in the title of a number of books:* Stratagems , book by the 1st-century Roman author Frontinus which concerns military stratagems drawn from Greek and Roman history.* Stratagems , book by the 2nd-century...

     - a number of books use the plural form in their title, for example Thirty-Six Stratagems, a Chinese work illustrating a series of stratagems used in politics, war, as well as in civil interaction.
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