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   Ploy

   /ploi/

   

   noun

   • 1. a cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage: "this was widely interpreted as a ploy to buy time in order to consolidate his position"

   Word Origin late 17th century (originally Scots and northern English in the sense ‘pastime’): of unknown origin. The notion of ‘a calculated plan’ dates from the 1950s.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • P

     3

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • Y

     4

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