n. trick, device, deception, manoeuvre or chiefly US maneuver, dodge, pretence, pretext, subterfuge, stratagem, ploy, hoax, wile, artifice, imposture His feigned friendship was only a ruse to get them to reveal their next move
RUSE
Meaning of RUSE in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012