noun. An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver.

Milit., to move from line into column: the opposite of deploy.

noun. Employment.

noun. A harmless frolic; a merrymaking.

noun. Sport; frolic.

intransitive verb. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy.

noun. A tactic, strategy, or gimmick.

verb. To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

noun. a maneuver in a game or conversation

noun. an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

"Some of the candidates running against incumbent PDP governors also say they're not allowed to place adverts and programs on state media, which they call a ploy to deny them access to the public."

comment  input  maneuver  manoeuvre  remark  

Elroy  Floy  Goy  Illinois  Joy  

artifice  contrivance  euphemism  evasion  expedient  

Byzantine intrigues  art  artful dodge  artifice  backstairs influence  

ployed  ployes  ploys