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- noun Common misspelling of
stratagem .
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Examples
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What other officers and crew the pinnace had does not appear, and we know nothing certainly of them, except the time for which they shipped; that some of them were fellow-conspirators with the Master (self-confessed), in the "strategem" to compel the SPEEDWELL'S abandonment of the voyage; and that a few were transferred to the MAYFLOWER.
The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete Azel Ames 1876
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Which brings us to the second strategem – moving the goal posts.
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You can find a description of this seriously twisted strategem buried deep in the bowels of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Report.
Les Leopold: Is Corruption on Wall Street All in the Eyes of the Beholder? Les Leopold 2011
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The mayor followed that by threatening to veto the commission vote; this strategem is of doubtful legal validity, since the county commission is charged by law to resolve the impasse by simple majority.
Xavier L. Suarez: The Dos and Don'ts of Dealing With an Impasse Xavier L. Suarez 2012
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It's just more of regular WSJ Opinion Page contributor Karl Rove's signature strategem, turn your opponents strengths into weakness.
- r_urell 2009
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The mayor followed that by threatening to veto the commission vote; this strategem is of doubtful legal validity, since the county commission is charged by law to resolve the impasse by simple majority.
Xavier L. Suarez: The Dos and Don'ts of Dealing With an Impasse Xavier L. Suarez 2012
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Stephen Potter, a British humorist who has undeservedly faded into obscurity, is the father of "one-upmanship," a strategem for besting an opponent—somewhat unfairly—without actually cheating.
Biz One-Upmanship 101 Con Chapman 2011
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Which brings us to the second strategem – moving the goal posts.
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After discovering her strategem, Mr. Prosser took his coat from the locker and shrugged it on.
Updike, John 2010
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My only implication about influence was that if Pullman had been inspired by Baum, he made more of the idea: his character's "strategem actually plays a role in the plot" while "Baum's scene is characteristic vaudeville [with] no consequences."
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
bilby commented on the word strategem
Stratagem: megatarts.
October 18, 2008
mollusque commented on the word strategem
Variant of stratagem.
October 18, 2008
100000092232554 commented on the word strategem
The actual Wiktionary entry (as of Nov. 21, 2010) identifies this correctly as a common misspelling of stratagem.
November 21, 2010