artifice vs master plan

artifice

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

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

  • A tactical move to gain advantage. 

  • A crafty but underhanded deception. 

verb
  • To construct by means of skill or specialised art 

master plan

noun
  • A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself. 

  • A small-scale graphic outline that shows all the major elements of a project. 

How often have the words artifice and master plan occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )