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Definition of Stratagems
1. stratagem [n] - See also: stratagem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stratagems
Literary usage of Stratagems
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Aquinas Ethicus: Or, The Moral Teaching of St. Thomas. A Translation of the by Thomas, Joseph Rickaby (1896)
"Is it lawful in war to use stratagems?1 R. The end of stratagems is to deceive
the enemy. Now there are two ways of deceiving in word or deed. ..."
2. International Law; Or, Rules Regulating the Intercourse of States in Peace by Henry Wager Halleck (1861)
"stratagems, in war, are snares laid for an enemy, or deceptions practiced on him,
... But the use of stratagems is limited by the rights of humanity and the ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1906)
"Different kinds of stratagems. XI RUSES Grotius, III. c. ... Ruses of war or
stratagems are deceit employed during military operations for the purpose of ..."
4. An Enquiry Into the Duties of Men in the Higher and Middle Classes of by Thomas Gisborne (1824)
"It is no breach of this precept to have recourse to such feints and stratagems
in the conduct of warlike operations, as are not repugnant to the received ..."
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