Определение слова «ploy» на английский

noun

1. A tactic, strategy, or scheme.

   • Near-synonyms: ruse, stratagem
   • The free T-shirt is really a ploy to get you inside to see their sales pitch.

2. (UK, Scotland, dialect) Sport; frolic.

3. (obsolete) Employment.

verb

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