n. trick, artifice, device, dodge, subterfuge, lure, wile, ruse, plan, scheme, plot, intrigue, manoeuvre, ploy, tactic: What stratagem did they use to tempt you to attend this boring affair?
STRATAGEM
Meaning of STRATAGEM in English
Oxford thesaurus English vocab. Английский словарь Оксфорд тезаурус. 2012