WORD OF THE DAY- TRICK

• Thesaurus-Synonyms- TRICK
  
  'trick' noun an often cleverly planned action that is intended to deceive people or take them by surprise, either in order to cheat them or simply for fun or mischief: My sister played a nasty trick on me, pretending to be asleep and then jumping up and scaring me. * τέχνασμα, κόλπο, πανουργία,κν. «μπαγαποντιά», διασκεδαστική φάρσα, διαβολιά, κατεργαριά
  
  [deceit] the deliberate intention to deceive or mislead other people, usually thought of and condemned as being a bad quality in a person: I didn’t think you of all people would be capable of such deceit. * απάτη, δόλος, κατεργαριά, ως ελάττωμα του χαρακτήρα
  
  [deception] the act of deceiving people, or an action that deceives someone, which may either be condemned as dishonest or admired for its cleverness: The goalkeeper didn’t spot the deception and went the wrong way. * εξαπάτηση, παραπλάνηση, άλλοτε καταδικαστέα, ενώ άλλοτε επαινετή για την εξυπνάδα της
  
  [dodge] (informal) an action that is intended to enable you to avoid doing something that you ought to do: a new dodge to avoid paying tax on his profits. * τέχνασμα, κν. «τερτίπι», κόλπο
  
  [manoeuvre] an action or movement that is intended to put you in a better position to do what you want: a manoeuvre to outflank the enemy formation. * δεξιοτεχνική κίνηση, παραπλανητικός ελιγμός, στρατήγημα με σκοπό να αποκτήσεις πλεονέκτημα σε κάτι
  
  [ploy] an action or manoeuvre that involves deception: I think this is just a ploy to make us think they’re not interested in taking over the company. * τέχνασμα, στρατήγημα, πονηριά, που προϋποθέτει απάτη
  
  [ruse] a cunning plan or idea, often involving deception: I’ve thought of a ruse to get us into the circus without paying.
  * πανούργο τέχνασμα, κν. κόλπο, «κομπίνα»
  
  stratagem (old-fashioned) a clever and carefully planned action, often involving deception, that is intended to enable you to get the better of someone: Odysseus, the most cunning of all the Grecian lords, devised a subtle stratagem to capture the town of Troy.
  * στρατήγημα, τέχνασμα, που περιέχει δόλο
  
  [subterfuge] (formal) deception, or a deception, that usually involves secret or underhand methods: When she couldn’t achieve her aims by honest means, she would often resort to subterfuge.
  * καταδολίευση, εξαπάτηση, συνήθως με χρήση μυστικών ή ύποπτων μεθόδων
  
  taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS