Definitions
a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
Word origin
Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse).
Used in a sentence
“Near-synonyms: ploy, stratagem”
“Soon, however, Courvoisier forced matters, when, despairing of ever catching the wily outlaw leader by fair means, he resorted to the ruse of carrying off Friar Tuck of Copmanhurst and holding him as a hostage.”
“[H]e [Bertrand du Guesclin] had great natural cunning, that half-savage quality, was full of ruse and trick in war, he was contemptuous towards the high noblesse, but gentle to the poor, and generous to his friends.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Deceptive tactic”4 letters
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