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ploy
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural ploys
plural ploys
Learner's definition of PLOY
[count]
: a clever trick or plan that is used to get someone to do something or to gain an advantage over someone计谋；花招；手段
- Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money.她说自己有病只是耍个手段让你给她钱。
- a marketing ploy [=something that people who are selling a product use to make people want to buy the product]营销策略
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Her story about being sick is only a ploy to get you to give her money. asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party
Recent Examples on the Web In an email to the New York Times, Jasmina Steele, Patek Philippe’s international communications and public relations director, said the digital exhibition isn’t just another marketing ploy. 
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2022 Billy Martin used that ploy 50 years ago this month, managing the 1972 Detroit Tigers, and again with the eventual world champion 1977 Yankees. Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 The ploy taps into people’s anger at Russia, said Yevhen Bulatsev, a founder of the company UA Dynamics, which donates the drones to the military. Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Conspiracy theories have filled social media, some suggesting that the mustard's disappearance is supermarkets' ploy to inflate prices and that stacks of pots are being hidden in warehouses. Camille Knight, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 In the original film, Melanie Griffith plays Tess, a Staten Island secretary who impersonates her power suit-wearing boss Katharine (Sigourney Weaver) in a ploy to advance her career. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022 Malcolm, Yul, Earl, and Jeff reveal all the things that happened behind the scenes during their adventure, including a bold ploy before the game even began. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 16 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Devlin Barrett And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 See More
Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 11 Aug. 2022 Billy Martin used that ploy 50 years ago this month, managing the 1972 Detroit Tigers, and again with the eventual world champion 1977 Yankees. Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 The ploy taps into people’s anger at Russia, said Yevhen Bulatsev, a founder of the company UA Dynamics, which donates the drones to the military. Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022 Conspiracy theories have filled social media, some suggesting that the mustard's disappearance is supermarkets' ploy to inflate prices and that stacks of pots are being hidden in warehouses. Camille Knight, CNN, 8 Aug. 2022 In the original film, Melanie Griffith plays Tess, a Staten Island secretary who impersonates her power suit-wearing boss Katharine (Sigourney Weaver) in a ploy to advance her career. Christian Allaire, Vogue, 3 Aug. 2022 Malcolm, Yul, Earl, and Jeff reveal all the things that happened behind the scenes during their adventure, including a bold ploy before the game even began. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 16 July 2022 Prosecutors called that effort a ploy to avoid accountability that showed further contempt for the court and government by wasting their time as well as Congress’s. Devlin Barrett And Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
probably from employ
First Known Use
1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of ploy was in 1697 Phrases Containing ploy
noun
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