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Definition
a planned way of achieving an end — especially in dealing with others and often involving deceit or some kind of trick
- That can only be done by stratagem, and by catching him when he is not surrounded by these people.Chapter 41 — Containing Fresh Discoveries, and Showing that Surprises.... (80% in)
There are no more uses of "stratagem" in Oliver Twist.
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