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noun

  • A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture. ).
by WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(n.) An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.
by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(DoD) In military deception, a trick of war designed to deceive the adversary, usually involving the deliberate exposure of false information to the adversary's intelligence collection system.
by Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.