詭き策さく

noun

ruse; ploy; trick

A cunning scheme or deceptive tactic; a rare, somewhat literary term. Often implies underhandedness or clever deceit.

• 敵てきは詭き策さくを用もちいて我われ々われを欺あざむこうとした。

  The enemy tried to deceive us with a ruse.

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは単たんなる詭き策さくに過すぎない。

  His proposal is nothing more than a ploy.