Definitions for: Ruse

[n] a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Webster (1913) Definition: Ruse, n. [F., fr. OF. re["u]ser, rehuser, to turn aside,
to shuffle, retreat, fr. L. recusare to refuse; pref. re-
again + causa cause. See Cause, and cf. Recusant.]
An artifice; trick; stratagem; wile; fraud; deceit.

Ruse de guerre[F.], a stratagem of war.

Synonyms: artifice

See Also: maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre