action
ad hoc measure
alibi
answer
apology
art
artful dodge
artifice
bag of tricks
blind
bluff
bosey
cabal
catch
chicanery
chouse
cloak
collusion
color
complicity
complot
confederacy
connivance
conspiracy
contrivance
contriving
countermove
counterplot
coup
course of action
cover
cover story
cover-up
covin
craft
curve
curve-ball
cute trick
deceit
deep-laid plot
demarche
design
device
dirty deal
dirty trick
dodge
effort
engineering
excuse
maneuver
manoeuvre
tactical maneuver
tactical manoeuvre
strategic
strategist
strategy
dissimulation
duplicity
evasion
feint
finesse
fraud
guile
hoax
imposture
intrigue
machinations
ploy
ruse
subterfuge
subtlety
treachery
trick
trickery
wiles