artifice vs dragnet

artifice

noun
  • A tactical move to gain advantage. 

  • A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse. 

  • A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture. 

  • A crafty but underhanded deception. 

verb
  • To construct by means of skill or specialised art 

dragnet

noun
  • Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. 

  • A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. 

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

  • To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water. 

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