ploy

/plɔɪ/ noun [C]

Translation

› a slightly dishonest method used to try to achieve something

ayak oyunu, manevra, numara

[+ to do sth] The phone call was just a ploy to get rid of her.1057

(Definition of ploy noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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