Ruse
Ruse , noun
[French, from Old French reuser, rehuser, to turn aside, to shuffle, retreat, from Latin recusare to refuse; pref. re- again + causa cause. See Cause, and compare Recusant.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
Collocations (1)
Ruse de guerre , a stratagem of war.