ruse

Like any cheap knock-off, with Vance the ruse becomes clear at even a cursory examination.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

But she’s also drawing our attention to the whole ruse here.

From Slate ● Jun. 3, 2026

Two of the companies fell for the ruse, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2026

Russell figured out the ruse after reading a warning on the Blizzard website, which said authorized recruiters would use only certain email extensions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

But really the job was a ruse; she and Gogol had decided that it was best for her to return to New York alone.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

In such ruses, fraudsters fool people with malicious software, phishing emails or tweaked digital addresses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The specific issue with the windbreakers was that ICE agents were engaging in various ruses to get people to open the door.

From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2025

He’d devised elaborate ruses to gather evidence of militias’ ties to high-ranking law enforcement officials.

From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025

It was a military intervention unacknowledged by Moscow, shrouded in a fog of ruses and denials so improbable that few were deceived.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

Desdemona had to devise elaborate ruses to satisfy him, telling him that our kitchen was the Zebra Room, only redecorated, and lamenting at how bad business was.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides