ploy

IPA: pɫˈɔɪ

(military) To form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.

Examples of "ploy" in Sentences

The ploy fails and she is fired.
The ploy backfires and leads to divorce.
The ploy works and the party becomes a success.
The allied forces took the Japanese news as a ploy.
The ploy works and Danny and Erica manage to escape.
The phrase was for the most part of a marketing ploy.
It was a long time ago, ploy is weak and unacceptable.
You experience the subtle nuances of life and its ploys.
The "I can't compromise classified information," ploy is phony.
Some say the crime was a ploy to set the investigation in motion.
The ploy failed, and Procter abandoned the idea of taking the fort.
The "fire at St. Louis destroyed my records," ploy is not valid, either.
It gives the trolls yet another tool in their ploys to disrupt the project.
"The, 'I can't compromise classified information,' ploy is phony," he said.
Then it dawned on me; this ploy is the latest twist on the old Nigerian email scam.
The "I had my records expunged" - or "I had my name taken off the list" ploy is just as phony.
Using strategies as a political ploy is one thing, but the ONLY reason that they are turning on Crist is he took the stimulus money to help the citizens of Florida!
Some of the candidates running against incumbent PDP governors also say they're not allowed to place adverts and programs on state media, which they call a ploy to deny them access to the public.