Category:Stratagem

Strat"a*gem, n. Etym: [f. stratagème (cf. Sp. estratagema, it. Stratagemma), l. strategema, gr. Stratum) + agent.]

Defn: an artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in General, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. Shak. Those oft are stratagems which error seem, nor is it homer nods, but We that dream. Pope.