MANEUVER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, artifice, wile, feint mean an indirect means to gain an end trick may imply deception, roguishness, illusion, and either an evil or harmless end ruse stresses an attempt to mislead by a false impression stratagem implies a ruse used to entrap, outwit, circumvent, or surprise an opponent or enemy
MANOEUVRE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Manoeuvre is also a noun a ship capable of high speed and rapid manoeuvre If you manoeuvre a situation, you change it in a clever and skilful way so that you can benefit from it The authorities have to manoeuvre the markets into demanding a cut in interest rates [VERB noun preposition adverb] He brilliantly manoeuvred himself back to power