maneuver vs squad

maneuver

verb
  • To guide, steer, manage purposefully 

  • To move (something, or oneself) carefully, and often with difficulty, into a certain position. 

  • To intrigue, manipulate, plot, scheme 

noun
  • A controlled (especially skillful) movement taken while steering a vehicle. 

  • The planned movement of troops, vehicles etc.; a strategic repositioning; (later also) a large training field-exercise of fighting units. 

  • A specific medical or surgical movement, often eponymous, done with the doctor's hands or surgical instruments. 

  • A movement of the body, or with an implement, instrument etc., especially one performed with skill or dexterity. 

  • Any strategic or cunning action; a stratagem. 

squad

verb
  • To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. 

noun
  • Sloppy mud. 

  • One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. 

  • A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members. 

  • A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen. 

  • A collective noun for a group of squid. 

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