Ruse
/ruːz/noun
A trick or plan used to deceive someone.
He devised a clever ruse to get past security.
Often appears as...
- clever ruse
- devise a ruse
noun
A trick or plan used to deceive someone.
He devised a clever ruse to get past security.
Often appears as...
- clever ruse
- devise a ruse
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Deceptive Intent
Used when someone intends to mislead or trick others for a specific purpose.
Her story about needing to leave early was just a ruse to avoid helping with the cleanup.
Pro Tip 2/3Temporary Misdirection
Refers to a temporary action meant to distract or confuse someone.
The thief created a ruse by setting off an alarm on the other side of the store.
Pro Tip 3/3Strategy Involvement
A ruse often involves a strategic plan or tactic to achieve a goal.
They used a ruse of a fake website to gather information from users.
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Brain Magic - The Memory...
this eight of space - ha ha ha ha all right so we're spreading the cards like go ahead help me spread now all I'm doing is I'm not visually keeping track of this card on the night of space now here's the cool part you're probably wondering high note get to other ones here's a little ruse it's
Video examples
How squids outsmart...
to eliminate a silhouette that a predator might spy from below. Some predators, however, like the whales and dolphins, get around this ruse by using sound waves to detect a squid’s camouflaged form. Not to be outfoxed, the squid still has two more tricks up its sleeve.
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How I'm discovering the...
What was rescued by ruse is now once again in jeopardy, this time by climate. But Africa, and the far-flung corners of the world, are not the only places, or even the main places in which manuscripts that could change the history of world culture are in jeopardy.
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Nowruz and the Night Sky...
background any culture in any country the second part is no ruse is not celebrated on different hours of one day it's celebrated at one single moment so this is a moment related to the center of the planet and can be celebrated around the world at
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Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
he turned to his wife and said she's the maid and this is her son and i'm driving them home and the sheriff you know kind of blocked and said well where's your hat and he said it's hanging in the back officer so there were props there were ruses
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Hopping to Water PIPE Big...
moving south into sheep country and it's high enough to stop ruse when it rains up north ruse attracted by the sight of the clouds and the smell of rain are stopped dead in their tracks on the dry side but the fence does help the Roos in
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Tigers Prey on People PIPE...
highest number of tiger fatalities in the country once locals took to wearing masks on the backs of their heads to discourage attacks they believed the ruse would deter the cats as Tigers rarely attack a person from the front
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DJing to the sounds of...
of animals for scientific research but I also sample those voices to create original music that inspires conservation and celebrates the natural beauty and musicality of nature my work is ruses me to a lot of really colorful
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Palenque and the Ancient...
later in his life as opposed to that early portrait we just saw and the temple of the inscriptions where ruse was excavating is really pakal's temple that is why it's near the palace and that's why it's really loo mning over
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Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
to speed but the ruse reached 35 miles per hour
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Brain Magic - The Memory...
this eight of space - ha ha ha ha all right so we're spreading the cards like go ahead help me spread now all I'm doing is I'm not visually keeping track of this card on the night of space now here's the cool part you're probably wondering high note get to other ones here's a little ruse it's
Video examples
How squids outsmart...
to eliminate a silhouette that a predator might spy from below. Some predators, however, like the whales and dolphins, get around this ruse by using sound waves to detect a squid’s camouflaged form. Not to be outfoxed, the squid still has two more tricks up its sleeve.
Video examples
How I'm discovering the...
What was rescued by ruse is now once again in jeopardy, this time by climate. But Africa, and the far-flung corners of the world, are not the only places, or even the main places in which manuscripts that could change the history of world culture are in jeopardy.
Video examples
Nowruz and the Night Sky...
background any culture in any country the second part is no ruse is not celebrated on different hours of one day it's celebrated at one single moment so this is a moment related to the center of the planet and can be celebrated around the world at
Video examples
Mapping the Green Book PIPE...
he turned to his wife and said she's the maid and this is her son and i'm driving them home and the sheriff you know kind of blocked and said well where's your hat and he said it's hanging in the back officer so there were props there were ruses
Video examples
Hopping to Water PIPE Big...
moving south into sheep country and it's high enough to stop ruse when it rains up north ruse attracted by the sight of the clouds and the smell of rain are stopped dead in their tracks on the dry side but the fence does help the Roos in
Video examples
Tigers Prey on People PIPE...
highest number of tiger fatalities in the country once locals took to wearing masks on the backs of their heads to discourage attacks they believed the ruse would deter the cats as Tigers rarely attack a person from the front
Video examples
DJing to the sounds of...
of animals for scientific research but I also sample those voices to create original music that inspires conservation and celebrates the natural beauty and musicality of nature my work is ruses me to a lot of really colorful
Video examples
Palenque and the Ancient...
later in his life as opposed to that early portrait we just saw and the temple of the inscriptions where ruse was excavating is really pakal's temple that is why it's near the palace and that's why it's really loo mning over
Video examples
Dingo vs. Kangaroo PIPE...
to speed but the ruse reached 35 miles per hour
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Jennifer Armintrout
American Author
If I venture into the water in a bikini, the sight of my melanin-deficient Michigan belly might attract beluga whales. Sure, I could secretly live among them and learn their ancient ways, but I couldn't keep that kind of ruse up forever.
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Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
I was playing a role and acting. But it was different than Spike Lee's movie. Spike can say 'cut' and move to the next scene. But I was pretending to be a white supremacist, one of them. I had to act like them to make the ruse a success.
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James Ivory
American Director
Did I develop any ruses of my own in order to buy what I wanted at a reasonable price? In time, of course, anyone who has ever done real business in an oriental bazaar will learn the tricks and feints of buying and bargaining there.
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Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds of problems.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
We can expect commercial enterprises to attempt whatever lawful ruses they can pull off. It is up to society, represented by government, to stop them, through the kind of regulation that has so far been lacking.
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John Crowley
American Writer
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.
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Jennifer Armintrout
American Author
If I venture into the water in a bikini, the sight of my melanin-deficient Michigan belly might attract beluga whales. Sure, I could secretly live among them and learn their ancient ways, but I couldn't keep that kind of ruse up forever.
Quote examples
Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
I was playing a role and acting. But it was different than Spike Lee's movie. Spike can say 'cut' and move to the next scene. But I was pretending to be a white supremacist, one of them. I had to act like them to make the ruse a success.
Quote examples
James Ivory
American Director
Did I develop any ruses of my own in order to buy what I wanted at a reasonable price? In time, of course, anyone who has ever done real business in an oriental bazaar will learn the tricks and feints of buying and bargaining there.
Quote examples
Ronald Kessler
American Journalist
I have one anecdote about the FBI breaking into an embassy in Washington, and under Hoover, they had this sort of ruse whereby they didn't want to recommend a break-in that might be a big flap and cause all kinds of problems.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
We can expect commercial enterprises to attempt whatever lawful ruses they can pull off. It is up to society, represented by government, to stop them, through the kind of regulation that has so far been lacking.
Quote examples
John Crowley
American Writer
Realistic novels simply pretend that the rules of their invented worlds are identical to the rules of actual life, but that's a ruse.
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Michael Moore
American Activist
The 'fiscal cliff' is a ruse, an invention by the right and the rich, to try and keep their huge tax breaks.
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