[ploi] 
| 1. | a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage. |
| 2. | Military Archaic. to move (troops) from a line into a column. Compare deploy. |
| 3. | Military Archaic. to move from a line into a column. |
| ploy (ploi) n. An action calculated to frustrate an opponent or gain an advantage indirectly or deviously; a maneuver: "A typical ploy is to feign illness, procure medicine, then sell it on the black market" (Jill Smolowe). [Perhaps from employ, employment (obsolete).] |
