RUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruse mean? 

• RUSE (noun)
  The noun RUSE has 1 sense:

1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

  Familiarity information: RUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

artifice; ruse

Hypernyms ("ruse" is a kind of...):

maneuver; manoeuvre; tactical maneuver; tactical manoeuvre (a move made to gain a tactical end)

 Context examples 

What if his lying down were a ruse?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"An excellent ruse in controversy, to reverse positions."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Indeed, it is a likely ruse enough,” observed Bradstreet thoughtfully.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In your case, I fear, confession is exploitation by indirection, profit- making by ruse, self-aggrandizement at the expense of God.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

As to the small ruse which I played upon you in the matter of the envelope, it is clear that, had I told you all my intentions, I should have been forced to resist unwelcome pressure to travel out with you.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Often in bygone wars had the Moors tempted the hot-blooded Spaniards from their places of strength by such pretended flights, but there were men upon the hill to whom every ruse and trick of war were as their daily trade and practice.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)