How to use "ruse" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "ruse" in popular movie and book plots

• When Kara arrives at the Fortress of Solitude for her "wedding" to Mxyzptlk, she tells him it was a ruse to bring him to a location so he won't wreak havoc on Earth.  - Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk
• He ends up rescuing the Pakistani, who is revealed to be another deep-penetration agent who according to the Mossad is the one who discovered his rival's identity and who lured Hawthorn into his ruse to kill him.  - Back Blast
• Her ruse exposed, the staffer reveals herself as yet another Wraith, who Thundercracker immediately blasts into goo with the weapons systems built into his new arm.  - Revolution (IDW Publishing)
• Barry and Oliver devise a plan to deliver Kendra and Carter as a ruse to get close enough to destroy the staff.  - Heroes Join Forces
• catches onto to the ruse when Trixie walks into his office and has the three detained by his robots.  - Speed Racer: Race to the Future
• While Rick, Gabriel, and Aaron (Ross Marquand) ransack Spencer's house for the missing guns, Rick commends Gabriel on his Maggie ruse with Negan earlier at the graveyard.  - Service (The Walking Dead)
• The ruse is discovered however, and the Duke tells Bicky he must come back to England with him, when Jeeves suggests that the story about the deveived Duke could be sold to the newspapers.  - The Full House
• The weapon drops are a ruse for the Empire to enter on the pretext of suspected anarchist activity.  - Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel
• Using a ruse to help Henry search for Emma and Regina, Violet makes an excuse about another dress and they leave.  - I'll Be Your Mirror (Once Upon a Time)
• With help from Hank (Russell Hornsby), they begin to plan a ruse to make it look like Monroe is actually dead.  - Over My Dead Body (Grimm)
• They use a ruse to lure the in-laws into a trap and arrest them.  - Bad Moon Rising (Grimm)
• Lucius and Bruce find themselves in the room with Gordon; the threat was just a ruse to know about Wayne Enterprises and the gas was only anesthetic.  - Wrath of the Villains: Transference
• However, Ramsay tells her that he is aware Osha used a similar ruse to escape Theon.  - Book of the Stranger
• When they do meet, Karnasih pretends that she can still see, a ruse which fails after Hardjono attempts to give her a handkerchief which has fallen to the ground.  - Saputangan
• Gordon's corpse is wheeled outside Blackgate, where his death is revealed as a ruse by Bishop and Bullock.  - Wrath of the Villains: Prisoners
• Nygma also used a ruse to get Pinkney to sign a report which could implicate him as the informant accusing Gordon.  - Wrath of the Villains: Mad Grey Dawn
• They plan to arrive at night, on the ruse that they are delivering Gregory's head to gain admittance to the building, and seizing the room they believe to be the armory.  - Not Tomorrow Yet
• When the old fellows awaken to the fact that they are both out of "choppers", and cannot secure additional ones from the factory inside of six months, they also awaken to the successful ruse of their children.  - The Food Chopper War
• Mina visits a prostitute and asks her to teach her to be "one of the girls of the night"- a ruse which she uses to kill several potential Johns with her knife.  - Dangerous Men
• Hogan realizes that the courier act was a ruse to cause him to touch boxes coated with nano-engines, which penetrate his skin and are reacting with the sac.  - Bombshell (1997 film)
• The Brocktons expect this ruse will allow them to steal the Palmers' jewelry.  - Cheating Cheaters (play)
• Shortly after, Estelle arrives as well, and it is revealed that Estelle was Akan's wife all along, forming an elaborate ruse to field-test Henry and use his memories to manipulate cyborg soldiers into doing anything to "rescue" the woman they believe to be their wife — specifically, terrorist attacks and world domination as Akan's loyal slaves.  - Hardcore Henry
• Lehakandit's lover fails to follow him using the same ruse and commits suicide while Paco and Pirri were dazed by their heroin consumption.  - El pico 2
• Carrie fears that it must be a ruse orchestrated by her would-be assassin.  - Super Powers (Homeland)
• Upon learning that the drugs were moved, Vincent is forced to present Rubino with a bag of sugar to ensure Thomas's safety, but Novak uncovers his ruse and Thomas is recaptured by Rubino's men, while Vincent manages to escape.  - Sleepless (2017 film)
• Although the computer system has reported all facility workers to be alive and well during all the previous wake cycles, it is apparent that this was a ruse to make the workers believe they're not alone in order for them to stay sane.  - Air (2015 film)
• Meanwhile, nightclub owner Joe Barton resents the interest his girl Barbara Ellison has been showing Billy, neither knowing nor carry that it's all a ruse on her part on her father's behalf.  - The Pittsburgh Kid
• Billimoria's affair with Julia causes rifts in his family, with his wife demanding a divorce and his grandfather concocting a ruse to prevent Billimoria accompanying Julia on the tour.  - Rangoon (2017 film)
• Tom assures Lucy he has done everything he could to maintain the ruse of his devotion to Elizabeth, but complications arose when he was knifed by the men sent for Red, causing Elizabeth to find his fake passports and cash.  - Mako Tanida
• A clever ruse by the governor and his accomplices makes Velho leave the colony for the hinterland.  - Het verboden rijk
• While they all go on a group date, Tina loses her composure watching Rosa and Darryl flirt and publicly exposes their ruse in an attempt to win Darryl back.  - Can't Buy Me Math
• Frond insists that Zeke is a liar and that the story and phone call are a ruse Zeke concocted.  - Midday Run
• Rachel contacts Kamal, lying about her true identity and background as part of a ruse to get close to him and learn more about him.  - The Girl on the Train (novel)
• Roger tries to claim he already has a girlfriend but the ruse fails.  - Blagsnarst, a Love Story
• A CIA interrogator is lured into a ruse that puts London at risk of a biological attack.  - Unlocked (2017 film)
• Howard and Kim, watching the news, see through the ruse instantly.  - Hero (Better Call Saul)
• He then confesses his costume ruse to Helen, who would rather have him as Trask.  - The Clever Mrs. Carfax
• She immediately closes the panel probably realizing that the whole things was a ruse to get her to reveal the hiding place.  - A Scandal in Bohemia (Sherlock Holmes episode)
• Later Godse finds out that it was all a ruse set up by Bharadwaja (Prakash Raj), Chief Minister of the state.  - Lion (2015 film)
• Joe keeps up the ruse at Pat's behest, trying to avoid a family scandal.  - Mr. Cinderella
• The kidnapping is revealed to be a ruse concocted by Carrie, with the intent of getting Aayan to seek refuge with his uncle, Haissam Haqqani (Numan Acar).  - From A to B and Back Again
• He hopes to keep up the ruse long enough to make the money necessary to flee Ladner, but he is inspired to stay after helping a mother and rebellious son as well as seeing how the townspeople get along peacefully.  - Impastor
• Boomerang inaccurately convinces Slipknot that the bombs are a ruse to keep them in check; Slipknot attempts to escape and Flag kills him via his nano bomb, while the squad is attacked by Enchantress' minions.  - Suicide Squad (film)
• Again, this is a ruse by Wirepa to lure Hongi in.  - The Dead Lands
• The two girls set themselves up in a comfortable cottage and come up with a ruse that the two of them are sisters.  - Home from the Sea
• Van Ruyle attempts to prove Lane's innocence with fake evidence, but his ruse is discovered.  - The Night of January 16th (film)
• He then discovers that Suzy has moved Cassie's bed into their bedroom "for safety", which he believes to be a ruse to avoid intimacy with him and so accuses her of having an affair.  - In Our Name
• Though Mance eventually sees through Jon's ruse and nearly kills him, their negotiations are cut short when they hear a horn blast, and a massive cavalry charge led by King Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane) and Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) overruns the wildling encampment.  - The Children (Game of Thrones)
• Turns out Sandy is behind this ruse as well, to get Shun out of the way and have Kiu all to herself.  - Vietnamese Lady
• This culminates in them poisoning his food with the equivalent of hot sauce; however, he discovers their ruse and sends them both to the dungeon.  - Too Young (Adventure Time)
• When she threatens to read it they fall for the ruse ensuring Sarah's job is safe.  - Top of the Hour
• The disguise works, and Lake is driven out of the city to Banir's hideout, and through a ruse and some small hand-to-hand combat, is finally alone with Banir.  - Dying of the Light (film)
• Nancy decides to take a chance and pretend that she is Jessica, and the pair have a very good time drinking and bowling, but Nancy's ruse is destroyed when they run into Nancy's creepy middle school acquaintance, Sean.  - Man Up (film)
• In order to save Jeff from heartache, several employees at Jean's store set up a ruse to keep Jeff unaware of Jean's new man until he is deployed again.  - Faithful in My Fashion
• He uses this as a ruse to find out all of the negative things that have happened to each of the study-group members after they graduated (including Shirley's family leaving her due to her business, Britta ending up as a bartender, Annie becoming a salesperson, and Abed's film degree going nowhere); information he plans on using to convince them all to start their own lawsuits against Greendale.  - Repilot
• But Horace's dishonor is merely a ruse on the part of Crosley chairman Archwin Taylor-Thing to allow him to act as a confidential investigator on his behalf; if successful, he will be reinstated and promoted.  - The Stolen Dormouse
• But the ruse is discovered and the whole agency is alleged; Wilson also lose the amount of money offered to him by the industrialist reward for the hunt.  - Where Are You Going on Holiday?
• He pretendes to be the war god but the ruse is discovered, so her tribe attacks the other tribe.  - Hei Tiki
• Later, in order to make up for the riot, Dean Pelton advises Jeff to start a student-teacher "Save Greendale" alliance, inspired by the fictitious "Save Greendale" cause Jeff created for a ruse in the previous episode.  - Introduction to Teaching
• Uhtred realizes the abbot he killed was sent by Cnut, part of his ruse to distract Mercia.  - The Pagan Lord
• However, their ruse is soon revealed when a dog pulls the bull skin off of Julius, and the crowd reacts angrily to the deception.  - Alice the Toreador
• There never were any Russian troops; the distress call was a ruse by Dmitri, who was also responsible for jamming their signal.  - Frankenstein's Army
• Her ruse worked to perfection and was only known to an unscrupulous lawyer named James Bansemer, and his confidential clerk Elias Droom, to whom she applied in order to take out the papers of adoption.  - Jane Cable
• Queenie leads Delphine to Cornrow City with the ruse of getting a new hairstyle.  - The Dead (American Horror Story)
• Claudia (Margo Martindale) enters, revealing the abduction to be a ruse by the KGB.  - Trust Me (The Americans)
• She creates a ruse whereby Michel is tricked into delivering urgent papers to the President (André Luguet), who is spending the weekend hunting in the countryside.  - La Parisienne (film)
• Brian confesses that Quagmire may be his only friend, but it is revealed to only be a ruse to outlast the 72 hours.  - Brian the Closer
• However, when he learns that Dylan is a now a cast member in a new Disney Channel television series, he — under the ruse of bonding — uses Dylan's connections to secure a job on the series' writing staff to further his career prospects.  - Brian's a Bad Father
• Increasingly unstable, Liz had wandered through the other flats when the owners were absent and Joe's confession is a ruse to deflect blame from Liz, who Joe believes was Melissa's killer.  - What Remains (TV series)
• Martin meanwhile stumbles across Rhea's diary at his house and learns from it that she never really cared for Wesley Strange and that when he saw them together it was all a ruse to get him to agree to a divorce.  - Embers (film)
• The God of Jump World later reveals that the tournament was a ruse to gather Jump heroes for sealing away the Dark Phantoms; he promises to keep his word of granting each of the 12 a wish.  - J-Stars Victory VS
• Henry sees through the ruse and runs.  - Enemies Closer
• They realize the party was a ruse to steal the birds' eggs.  - The Angry Birds Movie
• Her fiancé's disapproval of her ruse prompts her to apologize to her female friend in person.  - The Way It Came
• He puts on a ruse of interviewing the old man who owns the house where Kalt and his family live.  - Bedwin Hacker
• Morpho One lands long enough for Snake to rescue whatever staff they can and Miller, who claims that the UN inspection was nothing but a ruse for the XOF ambush, which destroys Mother Base.  - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
• Reg catches on to the ruse and exposes Sophie's infidelity with Wes, further angering James.  - 100 Bloody Acres
• Without revealing his discovery, he devises a ruse for one last sojourn on the surface.  - The Last Days on Mars
• The ruse falls apart when Ted is caught making out with a woman.  - The Fortress (How I Met Your Mother)
• Angry at Fuzzy for abandoning them, Billy and Jeff decide to put on the ruse of helping Fuzzy while actually going behind his back to extract their vengeance.  - Billy the Kid Wanted
• The ruse seems to work, as Dale gets seasick.  - Chips Ahoy (film)
• Thanks to a ruse set up by Ducky and Palmer, the team is able to apprehend the lead handler and recover the stolen files.  - Detour (NCIS)
• Amanda is convinced that Carlos’ confession is a ruse to get near Felipe.  - Xtabentún: A Novel of Yucatan
• Eventually, Agnes sees through the ruse and the two girls are captured (and Agnes kills the henchman in front of them).  - Hansel & Gretel Get Baked
• Chatterton becomes suspicious and by a ruse traps Newton and exposes his plot.  - 12.10
• Once he's trapped and captured, he needs to conceive a striking ruse if he wants to live.  - My Name Is Pecos
• Gregor demands the Doctor end the countdown; the Doctor, though revealing the self-destruct was a ruse to get their cooperation, finds the TARDIS engines are damaged due to the leakage of time caused by the incident, and they must go to the engine room by way of the Eye of Harmony to prevent it from exploding.  - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
• Linda, Tina, Gene, and Louise embrace Bob and apologize for ruining his Thanksgiving, revealing their ruse to Shelby, who appreciates Fischoeder's gesture but ultimately rejects him.  - An Indecent Thanksgiving Proposal
• Pam quickly realizes that the meeting was just a ruse to take revenge on David for firing her five years prior.  - The Whale (The Office)
• Satisfied that Jenn has what it takes, Kelly reveals that the adoption went through and that her offer was a ruse to bolster her sister's conviction.  - Gayby
• He develops a ruse where his girlfriend places a phone call to the police and identifies herself as Donna.  - Reform School Girl
• Ann finds the ruse difficult because of Tom's stupidity, such as putting glitter into the laundry which ruined Ann's entire wardrobe.  - Ms. Knope Goes to Washington
• Jacoby falls for the ruse long enough; however, Hurley and Hayward are watched from afar by Briggs, who is in turn being spied on by an unseen party.  - Episode 6 (Twin Peaks)
• She escorts him out, and explains that this is a ruse to give him greater freedom of movement in the Country.  - Heightened Senses
• One evening, Bitsy phones Doug and lures him away from his house to meet with him on the ruse that she wants to help turn the gang she it in whom treat her like their mascot, Doug goes.  - Just for the Hell of It
• Soon, the whole family is involved, and Prakash and Sagar find the ruse hard to keep up.  - Lakhon Ki Baat
• As construction is completed, however, Carruthers learns of Gene's ruse and abandons the well.  - Mexicali Rose (1939 film)
• Baptiste took on the identity of the recently deceased François Mackandal, as a ruse to attract followers to his cause.  - Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
• It turns out it was a ruse and that she, Ushijima, and other members of the community are in fact the Nagoya Family.  - Yakuza 5
• Marge then arrives to pick her up, when it is revealed Maggie's scene was only a ruse to cover the truth: she had slipped her hair bow onto the windowsill and wore the butterfly on her forehead in its place.  - The Longest Daycare
• Later, the wildling servant Osha (Natalia Tena) seduces Theon, offering herself in exchange for her freedom; unbeknownst to Theon, Osha's seduction is a ruse to allow her and Hodor (Kristian Nairn) to spirit Bran and Rickon (Art Parkinson) safely out of Winterfell.  - The Old Gods and the New
• Virginia calls up Sabrina under the ruse that she is looking for Jimmy and lies to her that Jimmy has a girlfriend and they are very happy together.  - Jimmy's Fake Girlfriend
• As the team investigates further, they track down the hacker responsible for obtaining the top secret information, and find out that the leaked information was just a ruse to distract them.  - The Tell
• They are unaware that it is a ruse created by Mysterio and the Chameleon to distract them from the actual completion of the satellites.  - Ends of the Earth (Marvel Comics)
• The ruse backfires, and the engaged pair announce that they will be getting married even sooner than planned.  - Heart (Glee)
• Robyn believes Nate actually stole the money from members of a laundering scheme that exposed his real-estate fraud and threw him in jail, and that they were the ones who attacked her at the motel, and insists the camping trip was nothing but a ruse for them to "start over".  - Transit (2012 film)
• Savannah uses this opportunity to expose Julianne’s ruse of using "people" to get A’s which results in Julianne being caught.  - Frenemies (film)
• The Emperor demands an explanation from Scourge, and he lies to the Emperor saying this was all a ruse to flush out every traitor in the Empire.  - Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
• The police begin to suspect that Ma's possession might be a ruse to hide something other crimes that are happening.  - Victim (1999 film)
• Guy and Jill witness Billy's plunge, and Guy discovers that the "suicide" was a ruse to cover up Billy's murder.  - The Year of Living Dangerously (novel)
• The group boards the plane, which takes off just as the Revolutionary Guards at the airport uncover the ruse and try to stop them.  - Argo (2012 film)
• The ruse fails, however, and Ashok’s father refuses.  - Dulhan Ek Raat Ki
• Once Mini-Buzz gets home, he passes himself off as the real Buzz (explaining to the other toys that the plastic in the ball pit made him shrink), and proceeds to generally annoy the whole gang (save a gullible Rex) with his obvious ruse and his antics.  - Small Fry (film)
• Lazy Smurf reveals his ruse and the Smurfs celebrate with a party at the Village, save for Lazy Smurf who is tired after all his hard work that day.  - The Strange Awakening of Lazy Smurf
• Jesse (Aaron Paul) returns to the lab and Walter expresses doubt that Jesse was hired to help Mike (Jonathan Banks) due to stopping an earlier robbery, considering the whole thing a ruse by Gus (Giancarlo Esposito) to create a wedge between them.  - Cornered (Breaking Bad)
• A ruse is concocted in which Elmer Drimsdale pretends to be quarterback, since the two are alike in height and build.  - The Zucchini Warriors
• The Zamaron Queen reveals to a fellow Star Sapphire that their alliance with the Guardians is a ruse in order to find a weakness in them.  - Green Lantern: New Guardians
• Jane (Simon Baker) deduces that the stolen cash was a ruse to hide the real item of interest that was stolen – CDs which contained client transaction records.  - Strawberries and Cream (The Mentalist)
• Yogi confesses to the ruse in open court, but Miles admits he believes that he murdered his father, not Yogi.  - Ace Attorney (film)
• An impending Jenoine invasion is detected, but it may be a ruse to draw Vlad out.  - Tiassa
• While the ship has been recharged, the crew recognize that blue supergiants are even more rare than red dwarfs, and they will not likely be able to use the same ruse again against the Command ships.  - Blockade (Stargate Universe)
• Robin runs into an old crush of hers at the club; before she has a chance to ask him out, Ted claims to be dating her, to keep up the ruse for Jerry.  - Hopeless (How I Met Your Mother)
• Unknown to the first five, the Doctor and patient are also crooks who use the ruse of a "quarantine" as part of their own methodology.  - Seven Sinners (1925 film)
• Ex-FBI agent Canton Delaware, under the ruse of capturing them as criminals, helps to reunite the group inside a special prison at Area 51 containing the TARDIS.  - Day of the Moon
• She goes along with the ruse to see where it leads.  - Cheyenne (film)
• Prettyman says the operations was all a waste of time anyway because the ruse never fooled the KGB.  - Charity (novel)
• Pierce's ruse earns him the respect of his peers, presenting a contrast to how the study group views him.  - Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples
• Barney reveals that he had not slept with Stacey at all; on the night of the bet, he asked Stacey to slap him to make it appear as though she hated him to set up the entire ruse that they had slept together.  - Little Boys
• Lincoln reveals that Speed's betrayal was a ruse to lure Adam into a trap.  - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
• The ruse is broken as a result of him accidentally popping "Allosaurus" and the dinosaurs flee as the crowd panics in sight of them.  - We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (book)
• Believed to be dead after saving a person's life in a fire, Peter Parker uses the ruse to embark on a mission to retrieve John Jameson on Counter-Earth.  - Spider-Man Unlimited
• They are initially fooled by Mak and Gill's ruse despite Gill going so far as to say that if she's lying she'll eat the child in her cradle (as she indeed plans to).  - The Second Shepherds' Play
• Chris sees through the ruse and tells April she can go back, but that remaining his assistant may provide her career opportunities.  - Ron & Tammy: Part Two
• However, the ruse continues too long, and Xu is forced to revive Liu in front of the 72 Demons, who have assembled to pay respect to their fallen comrade.  - Dragon (2011 film)
• Although she does accept his offer of "marriage" (knowing that Rick still plans to be a "player"), this unusual relationship and Rick's plan to use this ruse to bed other women would be ruined when Rick tried to smooth talk their immigration lawyer.  - Hot in Cleveland (season 2)
• The FBI have Annie contact Charlie, in an attempt to identify him, but he figures out the ruse and breaks off contact with her before the FBI can trace his location.  - Trust (2010 film)
• In Pahang, with Hang Tuah ruse succeeding in courting Tun Tijah, she breaks off the marriage to Megat Panji Alam.  - Hang Tuah (film)
• The next day, Florizel and Geraldine are captured by a ruse arranged by the club president, who is actually dr Franz Noel, a Carovian exiled for treason, who had created the Suicide Club as a means of income, only to be surprised by Florizel's arrival.  - Trouble for Two
• Eli attempts to smother the witness, but is interrupted by van Alden, who uses a ruse to take the survivor into federal custody.  - Broadway Limited (Boardwalk Empire)
• As they reach the lobby, Denham and Shaw return, revealing the Thanksgiving court date as a ruse as part of the plan.  - Tower Heist
• They realise that the note must have been sent by Herman as a ruse to get Pierre out of the way while he pursues Odile.  - The Rat (1925 film)
• Upon release, the three come together late in the evening and go to a restaurant where, at the end of a memorable binge (tagliatelle, tripe with tomato sauce, oxtail, asparagus, mozzarella with tomatoes, lamb with potatoes), and concoct a clever ruse to escape and cheat the owner Attilio.  - Il minestrone
• When Melnotte takes Pauline to his widowed mother's home after the marriage, she discovers the ruse and gets the marriage annulled.  - The Lady of Lyons
• Their plane lands in The Hague, and it is revealed that the Peace Prize announcement was a ruse to bring Krusty there so he could be tried by the International Court of Justice for his deplorable public behavior over the years, such as dropping a monkey from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and stealing the act from a local clown in The Hague.  - Elementary School Musical (The Simpsons)
• Harold is alive, his "shooting" a ruse to lure Miriam into a confession.  - A Taste of Evil
• While upstairs, Debbie appears to perform oral sex on Silk, but it was only just a ruse by kneeing him in the groin, smacking him with a telephone (he drops the gun), she tries to obtain the weapon while fighting off Silk, however she managed to knock him back while accidentally pulling the trigger, shooting him in the stomach, which caused Silk to pass out and fall to the floor, Debbie gets to the side of the bed.  - Uninvited Guest
• Sach is out of "vitamins", so Slip plans a ruse on the playing field that distracts the other team and allows him to score the winning touchdown.  - Hold That Line
• They boys discover the ruse and the horses are switched several more times.  - Crazy Over Horses
• However, as they flee the party, they are intercepted by the Turners, who reveal their behavior during the party was a ruse and steal the software at gunpoint before fleeing.  - Chuck Versus the Role Models
• Julia's scream betrays the fact that she can see the corpse, and her ruse is over.  - Julia's Eyes
• While they're undercover, however, the governor dies, and because no one else knows about the ruse Dewey and Wallace are stranded in prison.  - They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
• Kenneth—who knows all the peafowl calls—tells Jack that Argus muttered senpai and kōhai—master and pupil—nicknames that Geiss and Jack had for each other (a ruse conceived by Liz, who knew of the nicknames).  - Argus (30 Rock)
• While Sokov is piloting a UAV to kill the separatist leaders, Drachev contacts him and has him listen on a phone call between one of the separatists members and General Morgunov, revealing that the events in Russia had been a ruse for the Russian ultranationalists to sabotage Russia's energy industry and seize control of the Russian government.  - Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X 2
• By claiming to be ordered to dangerous duty Merle tries to seduce Blue, who when she discovers the ruse barely gives him the time of day.  - The Horizontal Lieutenant
• Kishan also pretends to be Shivani's brother and the latter has Vikram tricked into signing over all his property to herself under the ruse of a bank document.  - Thank You (2011 film)
• However, when Eddie unwittingly confesses to Whitey about charm school, the ruse is up and Olivia is forced to marry Strobe.  - The Whoopee Boys
• Jack is notified that Oceanic Airlines have found Christian Shephard's coffin; unbeknownst to him; this is a ruse planned by Desmond Hume (Henry Ian Cusick).  - What They Died For
• Newton returns from his trip to Peru just in time for his aunt's funeral, and Katzar reads a book left at Itzik's apparent death scene, which he sees as a deliberate hint towards Itzik's ruse and encourages everyone to keep their hopes up.  - Asfur
• In the cargo hold, when Robert reveals that the skyjacking is a ruse for a bank heist, he is confronted by Vitale and chooses to trigger an explosion that not only kills him but results in the cargo door slicing off a jet engine.  - Airline Disaster
• He muses on why the Ring didn't take the opportunity to assassinate him, as their ruse successfully drew him out into the open.  - Chuck Versus the Beard
• Connors meets the wife, mrs Ashanti, at the hotel and informs her of the ruse to which she's initially reluctant to participate in until Connors assures her it's for appearances only and doesn't have any inappropriate intentions towards her.  - The Guy from Harlem
• The rest was simply a ruse to get the crew to kill themselves, while he returned to Earth and revived the race without the Ganae knowing of their existence.  - The Monster (short story)
• Director Johannes caught the two and reveals to them that the Aegis project was a ruse for the Ark Project.  - Gods Eater Burst
• Danny then privately meets with Katherine's kids, Maggie (Bailee Madison) and Michael (Griffin Gluck), to get them to play along with the ruse and gives them the aliases of "Kiki Dee" and "Bart" respectively.  - Just Go with It
• Ivan hands her the baby and forces her into her own compartment before hastily organising a ruse with April; as soon as the policeman enters, April pretends to be distraught while Ivan keeps him occupied for a short while.  - Broadway Limited (film)
• Gwen's rescue mission was also a ruse to bring Edgar to Peter, who wanted him to become his personal vampire hit-man, to keep other vampires under control.  - Lost Boys: The Thirst
• She comes up with a ruse to expose Nagabhushanam and elicit the truth.  - Chelleli Kapuram
• The ruse works, completely fooling Granny, and Hector's well-being is ensured.  - Fowl Weather
• Meanwhile, Matt Parkman is stunned to see Sylar at his home, who has created the ruse that he and Matt used to work together as cops to fool Janice.  - The Art of Deception (Heroes)
• The ruse doesn't last long and soon the real Chan arrives on board, interrogating a motley assortment of crooks, heiresses and crew as he works to solve a crime whose only witness is secretary Judy Haynes (Phyllis Brooks).  - Charlie Chan in Honolulu
• The Blackbird, hiding in a flower pot, eavesdrops through the hole in the pot's bottom, but because his position doesn't allow him to see the sunrise, he assumes Chantecler's confession is only a ruse to seduce the pheasant.  - Chantecler (play)
• However, the signal was a ruse concocted by the station's commander George Tarleton.  - Ultimate Vision (comic book)
• The SW6 Legion works with Troy Stewart (the former Tyroc) and the resistance to stage a massive ruse which permits them to rescue the freedom fighters trapped at the underground chambers in Metropolis.  - The Terra Mosaic
• Stan does not notice at first, but the ruse fails when Francine calls Roger by name.  - My Morning Straitjacket
• The ruse works and Foghorn fights with the dog, and ends up in church exclaiming, "I won, I won", as he and Prissy are married.  - Of Rice and Hen
• Mother is a ruse by the experimenters to camouflage the true source of the boys, they are genetically engineered on Mars.  - Marginal (manga)
• Instead, he joins the rest of the office in overhearing a furious Claire in Dwight's office scolding him for the ruse and confessing her love for Tad.  - The Magnificent Dope
• Foghorn changes tactics and tries to bribe the dog to be Banty's sparring partner, but it is really a ruse to torment the dog again.  - Sock-a-Doodle-Do
• To the two, they think it's just that, a dinner date, even as Marc uses that ruse so Betty can be jealous of Matt while Amanda can get Marc the scoop from Betty, without the three finding out.  - Blue on Blue (Ugly Betty)
• The ruse is undetected with Junior Jarvis having a time limit where if he is not married the estate will go to Henry to distribute to charities.  - Reet, Petite, and Gone
• Hunter meanwhile gets some distance ahead, jumps out of the car and climbs to a high place overlooking the road and it is now revealed that the whole attack on Straker's HQ was a ruse to lure the truck into an ambush.  - Battletruck
• While one community has Jimmy Maxwell arranging the entertainment, the other brings in Jo Allen, who uses a ruse to learn about Jimmy's plans, pretending to be a school teacher named Judy while her friend mr Churchill passes himself off as "Joe" Allen.  - Hats Off (1936 film)
• Wayne reveals that the counterfeit story was a ruse and that the criminal has real money.  - A Death Worse Than Fate
• Professor Xavier is unconvinced, believing the entire ruse to be a trap and attacks him telepathically.  - X-Men: Nation X
• Unbeknownst to her, it actually was Chic who called, hoping his ruse would allow him to spend time with Eileen alone.  - My Sister Eileen (1942 film)
• The "villain" then trudges off to await the inevitable song-and-dance attack of Robin Hood and Little John, while a fox, lurking on the side, sees them as his dinner and devises a ruse through which he pipes up, in a falsetto voice, claiming to be Robin's sweetheart Maid Marian in trouble.  - Robin Hood Makes Good
• Holtz is drugged with a sedative, while Sly distracts the cell block guard with a ruse about a filthy cell, and orders him to clean it up.  - Inside Out (1975 film)
• Perumthachan himself doubted this supposition and in one part of the film he smiles approvingly when his son suggests to him that perhaps the made up story about his Brahmanical antecedents was a ruse by the uppercastes to lay claim to some of his ability and prestige.  - Perumthachan (film)
• Morgan then takes Damian to his base with a prisoner and Damian reveals their alliance to be a ruse and gives away their location to Bruce.  - Batman and Robin (comic book)
• Spender admits his actions were a ruse and that the syringe contained magnetite meant to make William normal.  - William (The X-Files)
• In Italy in 1939, a European man calling himself mr Imperium (Ezio Pinza) uses a ruse to meet an attractive American woman, Frederica Brown (Lana Turner).  - Mr. Imperium
• As Tanner and Cole try to flank the light, believing it to be a ruse by the Taliban, they're immediately vaporized.  - The Objective
• But, shortly after freeing her, Mike discovers that the kidnap story was just a ruse to bring Ana out into the open.  - Direct Contact
• Boomer begins to tell Hera about her dream home with Tyrol on Picon, revealing that it was, in fact, once her dream and not simply a ruse created to manipulate Galen Tyrol.  - Islanded in a Stream of Stars
• During an attack on the base, their commander, Mailer, seemingly joins their side - however it is a ruse to go through back in time and warn his father about what will happen during the initial bombing and how to avert it, and he betrays them, leaving them to be ambushed by Nazi forces as he opens a portal for himself.  - Philadelphia Experiment II
• He reveals that the tiara plot is a ruse by their Tsukushi's parents to ensure that their marriage would be happy.  - Hana Yori Dango Final
• He reveals to Sookie that Eric's insistence on sucking out the bullets was just a ruse to get her to ingest some of his blood—now he will have a connection with her.  - Living Dead in Dallas
• However, it all proves to be a ship-of-fools ruse to purge the school of all bad test-takers.  - How the Test Was Won
• What the public doesn't know is that the entire love affair of these two famous celebrities, Jack and Vikki, is an elaborate and meticulously planned ruse designed by their ambitious managers, May (Alice Lau) and Tom (Blackie Chen), to trick the public into believing that they are getting married.  - The Wedding Game
• This is, in fact, a young officer, Silvio, who had thought up this ruse in order to be able to serenade the mayor’s daughter Laurette, with whom he has fallen in love.  - Le docteur Miracle
• They are perpetrating this ruse to collect on the £50,000 life insurance money from the Excelsior Insurance Company.  - The Running Man (1963 film)
• Once there, they find out the riots were a ruse to cover up the escape of The Underboss, a crime lord.  - Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
• The blast, having been perfectly timed to the time the trucks had turned the last corner, occurs too far forward because the lead driver had stopped short to avoid the bicyclist, and the ruse is up.  - Takers
• The government agent Collins has King arrested, but this turns out to be a ruse to catch the real boss of the smuggling activities, which in fact is Foster.  - His Name Was King
• The battle for the Tower begins to go against the zombie hunters, but it has all been a ruse – Defoe attacks Faust, who flees Nonsuch House, taking Tomazine and her son with him as hostages.  - Defoe (comics)
• This trade was actually a ruse on Yamamoto's part, which allowed another martial artist named Ed Parker to learn all of Bruce's moves.  - The Legend of Bruce Lee
• Serra places the age of the Earth at 10,000 years and classifies fossils as a ruse by Satan to "trick mankind".  - Who's Nailin' Paylin?
• The Russians suspect the story to be a ruse to send spies.  - Nasser Asphalt
• However, the Terris prophecies proved to be altered, in a ruse intended to allow escape from imprisonment by a force named Ruin that wants the complete destruction of the world.  - Mistborn: The Hero of Ages
• Disguising himself as a merchant leading a convoy of carts, and hiding his troops in barrels on the carts, William is able to come into the city and seize it (echoing the ruse of the Trojan Horse).  - Charroi de Nîmes
• When George and Leslie arrive to get Florence, the ruse is revealed, but the ship has already sailed.  - A Victim of the Mormons
• When their ruse is discovered, the Crimson Eagles are pursued by the 9-foot-tall Saaur cavalry, only to flee into the secret lair of the Pantathian priests.  - Shadow of a Dark Queen
• As soon as his ruse is discovered, he is gunned down trying to run from the Germans.  - Castle Keep
• Mitsuko uses the ruse to turn Heinz and Louise on each other.  - The Berlin Affair
• Given the nature of the war, the ruse is plausible for a time, but eventually, to avoid suspicion and possible eviction, she feels compelled to produce a husband.  - The Augsburg Chalk Circle
• The ruse is quickly discovered and the police engage in a shootout with Kyōhei, apparently ending in his death.  - The Devil on G-String
• But that turns out to be a ruse as Shaka comes to the place of the engagement and burns the marriage Mandap.  - Diljale
• Together, Scully, Susanne, and the Lone Gunmen orchestrated an elaborate ruse to allow Susanne to escape.  - Three of a Kind (The X-Files)
• Flush with cash, Nat suggests to Ritchie about the two of them visiting Las Vegas to spend some time together, but Ritchie soon realizes that Nat is not his actual father and Nat convinces him that his story about being sick was a ruse to get him to travel with him to New Mexico.  - Five Dollars a Day
• On the ruse of going to st Petersburg to take care of some business, he sets off to her town to find her.  - The Lady with the Dog
• The Kokuryū boxing club challenges the Wakaba boxing club to some inter-school matches, but this turns out to be a ruse to get a chance to gang up on Hibari.  - Stop!! Hibari-kun!
• Max prevents the duel and Grace insists on going through with the marriage to Sir Harcourt, as a ruse to force Charles's hand.  - London Assurance
• After House violates one of the conditions set by Cuddy, Amber informs the team of House's ruse of faking syphilis.  - No More Mr. Nice Guy (House)
• If he accepts, he gets a share of the inheritance (a ruse by the Daltons, who plan to still kill Luke if he helps them).  - La Ballade des Dalton
• The ruse works; however Harriet and Tommy have fallen in love, but the public believes Harriet is a well-preserved 60-year-old and Tommy is her son.  - Evergreen (film)
• Meanwhile, DuQuesne's ruse faking death (see Skylark Three) fooled all the Fenachronians, the Skylarkers and the Norlaminians.  - Skylark of Valeron
• Andy is revealed to be faking the acceptance of his drugs, meaning that his powers have never decreased and it was all a ruse to make Hollister drop his guard.  - Firestarter (film)
• Syrus conceives a ruse for the meantime where Bacchis will pose as Clinia's mistress and Antiphila as her servant.  - Heauton Timorumenos
• The ruse is quickly discovered by Lucky Luke, giving the opportunity to hold a pistol duel in European style.  - Le Pied-tendre
• Their new bond is threatened by the pressure from coworkers for Bernadette to wear a "t-back" (thong) which has been promoting sales, from the opposition group COAT which wants to ban t-backs, and from a religious group that has come to the conclusion that Bernadette is a witch based on a ruse Chloë attempted on a rival boy.  - T-Backs, T-Shirts, COAT, and Suit
• Anakin devises a ruse to confront Dooku while carrying a decoy Rotta, leaving Ahsoka to take the real Rotta to Jabba's palace.  - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)
• The plot to kidnap the IG's daughters is an elaborate ruse to divert the police force to the south of the city while they escape from the north.  - Anjathe
• At the Two Step, a local tavern, Miguel Angel Face meets Lucio Vásquez, a policeman, and is inspired to tell Vásquez that he is kidnapping General Canales's daughter, Camila, as "a ruse to deceive the watchful authorities".  - El Señor Presidente
• Kadokawa sees through Jiang's ruse but does not expose her.  - City of Life and Death
• Georgia, following the instructions of the real Elvira, keeps up the ruse by pretending to be Elvira to everyone, including Peter.  - Romance on the High Seas
• One night after Joe Paulson storms out of his house in a fake temper trantrum (a ruse so he can meet up with Nancy Voss), Deputy Paulson is astonished when the host of her favorite television program She-Devils, begins talking directly to her.  - The Tommyknockers (miniseries)
• Fortunately for her, Roger believes that she is using Madison as a ruse to get acquainted with him.  - Every Girl Should Be Married
• " suggesting his insanity is only a ruse to get the lobotomy, as he can no longer live with himself knowing what happened.  - Shutter Island (film)
• The club owner does not believe the ruse but has no other option.  - Vikings of the Gloves
• Privately, she mocks Jim for devising such an elaborate ruse to see her.  - Branch Wars
• Likewise, Moira has never had a trust fund; that was just a ruse to explain away her mother's inability to pay for the wedding.  - Blue Heaven (Keenan novel)
• John then orders Sheriff Lisner to release Chris, saying that this was all a ruse to rescue Chris and get him safely from the mountain top.  - The Wallop
• Harry sees through the ruse and uses the sheriff's gun to kill two men before they can shoot him.  - Ace of the Saddle
• Determined to prevent Conan from delivering the letter of treaty back to Turan, Feng employs a ruse against Conan with a tale concerning the nearby tomb of a king which is supposed to contain a hoard of treasure.  - The Curse of the Monolith
• Later, acting on a hunch when none of the handwriting samples of the three women gathered by his operatives matches the note and the handwritten copy of the telegram, Perry devises a ruse to obtain a page from Lucy's diary of the day after the Cartwrights disappeared.  - The Case of the Howling Dog
• Billy finds out about the ruse and when he sees his enemy Mike sitting in a frame, he arms himself with a club and the chase begins.  - Cupid's Rival
• However, the report of Susannah's death was a ruse to fool Berenice, and she arranges to go to Ostia with Mordecai.  - The Enemies of Jupiter
• At the CIA, Bullock gives a lecture that body doubles are for work purposes only after Saunders' double reveals the ruse of him making love with a stewardess while intoxicated.  - Pulling Double Booty
• The captain interrupts them at work and is stunned in the fight, but a ruse planned meticulously by him results in the thieves being captured.  - The Honor of the Force
• The ruse works, but Marignan manages to have the last laugh by faking his own suicide and returning to haunt Joseph into confessing his scheme.  - A Gentleman of Paris (1927 film)
• Attempting to convince Bugs Bunny to come to the station, Daffy first tries a ruse with TV show tickets, but Bugs immediately suspects Daffy is up to no good and declines.  - People Are Bunny
• When Teav's mother learns of her daughter's marriage, she feigns illness as a ruse to lure Teav back to her village, whereupon she once again tries to coerce her into marrying Archon's son.  - Tum Teav
• Afterwards Mohinder is shown calling Noah Bennet, revealing that Mohinder's speeches were a ruse to gain the attention of "the Company" that Bennet used to work for, so that Mohinder, with Noah's guidance, can bring it down from within.  - Four Months Later...
• The Premier orders the commander to Easter Island, to arrange a trap for the Allies, under the ruse of a peace treaty, effectively removing the Allied Military leaders from action, only for Cherdenko to finally declare that the commander has outlived his usefulness and launch a surprise attack against him; fortunately, he is defeated and killed at his volcano fortress.  - Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• The ruse is discovered and he flees the village before the women can lynch him.  - Cugel's Saga
• At the last moment the ruse is discovered.  - The Secret Ways
• While jokingly discussing the bet, Todd and Sarah engage in a kiss that becomes more passionate than the ruse called for.  - Little Children (novel)
• And the private eye Yale also blackmails Fane, who must desperately turn to Yale's ex-wife (Adams) for help to keep his ruse from being exposed.  - The Oscar (film)
• When their ruse is discovered, they are chased onto the site and blend in with a crowd of men seeking employment.  - How High Is Up?
• Crying and talking like a baby, Butch's ruse works, and Tom brings him into the house.  - Baby Butch
• The army travels to the bek's palace, but a ruse by Buljan leaves the Arsiyah army obliterated.  - Gentlemen of the Road
• Though Rikimaru and Kozō have made off with 100 ryō, the entire ordeal was a ruse to help Daemon earn Kōbei's trust, and to get himself into the back room.  - Benten Kozō
• Hawkeye and Trapper admit their ruse and Frank is persuaded to drop his actions.  - George (M*A*S*H)
• But as Amanda falls head over heels for him and his designs, she discovers that he is actually a straight guy and that he's using this ruse just to get his designs noticed, which gives Amanda an idea to help him, even as she falls for him.  - Petra-Gate
• But the snakes are simply a ruse to hide the identity of the real cargo—rare Mexican artifacts.  - The Venom Business
• She believes her new life will be that of an arranged marriage but finds it is in fact a ruse to cause her to work in a brothel.  - Naked Tango
• Later at the bar, Marshall gets the bill for the suit from Barney and finds out that he must pay $4,000 for it, even though Barney promised him a great deal, and realizes it must be a ruse by Barney to get him to accept a high-paying job at Barney's firm, something which Barney attempts to deny.  - Cupcake (How I Met Your Mother)
• The ruse is seen through by the group's female performer, Ellie Morte, but she allows them to join anyway once Ryan assures her their purpose is not nefarious.  - Shockscape
• To explain the reappearance of the earrings, she now creates an elaborate ruse that they had been misplaced in one of her gloves the entire time, making a big show of "finding" them in front of André.  - The Earrings of Madame de…
• He corners Tom, but after the fuse runs out the ruse is exposed.  - Safety Second
• However, this turns out to be just a ruse to trick the nurses into getting undressed in his presence, one that's easily exposed when he catches a cup one of the nurses throws to him.  - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
• Tom, meanwhile, walks away from the coal pile, but only his head is blackened, so his ruse doesn't fool Mammy.  - Mouse Cleaning
• Parson does not admit defeat though, and uses a perfidy false surrender offer as a ruse to assassinate Ansom.  - Erfworld
• Shalako rides off to get the army to escort the party off Apache land, but the Apaches attack and would overrun the party but for a smoke signal ruse of Shalako from some distance away.  - Shalako (film)
• As the adults are getting ready for their double date, Susan compliments Jessie going out with David, almost exposing the ruse until Jeffrey innocently jokes he confuses the girls occasionally.  - Parent Trap III
• Carmelo doesn't correct this impression and finds the ruse as a way to open up to her.  - Apariencias
• Diana leaves and finds Circe, who admits that her mobilization of the Amazon forces has been a ruse to force the destruction of the Amazon's homeland, Themyscira.  - Amazons Attack!
• The Earl explains his ruse and Horatia decides to end her friendship with Lethbridge.  - The Convenient Marriage
• The bumbling was a ruse to quietly initiate the ship's self-destruct mechanism.  - The Family of Blood
• As the wedding approaches, however, Lysidamus desires Casina for himself, and devises an elaborate ruse to get Euthynicus out to the country and have Casina marry his servant Olympio instead.  - Casina (play)
• The Judda attack once more, but Dredd is prepared - his arrest was only a ruse - and he blocks their escape.  - Oz (Judge Dredd story)
• The ruse barely succeeds—Moe's and Larry's are marked "press", but Curly's reads "pull".  - Three Little Beers
• The boys' boss (Vernon Dent) immediately fires them, and they take on the ruse of Omay and his two colleagues with intention of doing the work on the Smirch household.  - Tassels in the Air
• The ruse is that the doctor has manipulated the ritual so it enables him to have sex with the woman.  - The Decameron (1971 film)
• Though Spike first welcomes Angelus as a long-lost friend, he sees through the ruse and Xander and Angel are forced to flee.  - School Hard
• Edward escapes with the assistance of (Darrell Hammond), only to find out it was a ruse as Jack, the Bitch's old enemy, needs intelligence out of Edward.  - Epic Movie
• The ruse is quickly uncovered, however, when during an attack by Michael's men the royal guardsmen address Frewin as their new king, and the two look-alikes get acquainted.  - The Prisoner of Zenda (1979 film)
• The ball had been allowed to go on as a ruse to fool all the spies infesting Belgium (this is an actual historical event).  - The Miracle (1959 film)
• Utilizing a ruse to steal the bombs and keep the money in Po's hands, Wei volunteers to wear a bomb-laden vest to facilitate the operation.  - My Father Is a Hero
• Nerved by the presence of Eveline on the battlements, and supplied with food by a ruse of her father's vassal the Flemish weaver, the garrison, assisted by the military predilections of their chaplain, held out until Damian Lacy arrived with a large force, when the brave but unarmoured Britons were repulsed, and their prince Gwenwyn was killed.  - The Betrothed (Scott novel)
• Phoning Stan at home, Ollie suggests a ruse by which Stan is to convince his wife, who keeps him on a short leash, that he has been called away on business.  - Blotto (film)
• Rafe lures Aiden to an abandoned church with the ruse that Vivian wanting to reconnect and attempts to scare him away.  - Blood & Chocolate (film)
• When an angry Requin goes down to handle the situation, Locke and Jean overpower Selendri and the guards while revealing that the steps they took to break into the vault were a ruse to distract from their real plan: to steal the valuable Therin Throne era paintings in Requin’s office.  - Red Seas Under Red Skies
• Larkin and Milgrim return, only to be arrested by the real detectives, whom Turner and Little manage to convince that there should be a full reenactment of the program that led to the murders, under the ruse that the true culprit will be revealed.  - Who Done It? (1942 film)
• She pretends to be in love with Blackadder to steal the Prince's money and the wedding gifts, but after having the ruse revealed to him and being tied up by her to be shot, he is rescued by Baldrick and Blackadder turns her in for a £10,000 reward.  - Amy and Amiability
• Geralt enters the Order's citadel alone after leaving his wounded ally behind (or using a ruse to keep Triss out of danger).  - The Witcher (video game)
• The ECH explains the situation: the ship was damaged by a floating mine, which turned out to be a ruse so unknown parties can abduct the crew.  - Workforce (Star Trek: Voyager)
• Raquel declines to go along with the ruse at first, but is then blackmailed since Max knows that Raquel's father is into some shady business and if she does not go along with his plan he will send her dad and sister to jail and blame the death of Antonio on her.  - Tú o nadie
• Maggie realizes that she is Jason's great-granddaughter, and that the retainer was a ruse to lure her into the midst of Jason's other beneficiaries.  - The Legacy (1978 film)
• It turns out to be a ruse of Michael's, as he is seen in a cemetery storage room, gathering shovels to unearth the ground at the grave of (RIP) Chance Woods.  - Manhunt (Prison Break)
• After this, Megan realizes that mr Auster has not written a novel at all, and that it was all just a ruse to impress her.  - Blue Car
• Using a ruse to distract snooping government officials, Charles succeeds in launching the rocket, while the FAA claims no such thing has occurred.  - The Astronaut Farmer
• It is then revealed that Raj's angry behavior was a ruse to make them reveal the truth.  - Humko Tumse Pyaar Hai
• Martin has a very brief affair with a waitress named Rose, who blackmails Martin by faking a pregnancy, until Darwin unveils her ruse and pays her off.  - Glory (novel)
• Joleg persuades Neelix to get a letter through to his brother, but this turns out to be a ruse - Joleg has hidden Voyagers coordinates inside the letter, and the ship is attacked by others of Joleg's race.  - Repentance (Star Trek: Voyager)
• Niko then informs Scotty that she and Brandon have gotten back together, indicating that her interest in Scotty had been a ruse to make Brandon jealous.  - Film Geek
• She was acting as a decoy for Anastasia to throw her uncle, who opposed the romance, off the scent, and the black-bearded man and the packet were simply a ruse to distract George – another wedding ring could easily have been procured, and George's adventures with the spy were a remarkable coincidence.  - The Golden Ball and Other Stories
• A ruse by the resistance reveals the leak: Sara Burskin.  - Collaborator (novel)
• To keep up the ruse (and free education), Bill and Terry continue to support Junior and build his new-found confidence.  - That's My Boy (1951 film)
• They have a hotel worker named Omar bring them some champagne; the room service was merely a ruse to kill the innocent man and use his likeness to disguise Fadi in an elaborate diversion to easily get Fadi out of the country.  - The Bourne Betrayal
• The commandos led by Brigadier General Dan Shomron (Arik Lavie) had to contend with a large armed Ugandan military detachment and used a ruse to overcome the defenses.  - Operation Thunderbolt (film)
• The commandos led by Brigadier General Dan Shomron (Harris Yulin) had to contend with a large armed Ugandan military detachment and used a ruse to overcome the defenses.  - Victory at Entebbe
• He is horrified to learn that they indeed stole all the money and Neha's love was just a ruse to con him to take a fall.  - Fida
• Larry learns about the kiss and confronts Chuck about it, asserting that Chuck's absence is jeopardizing their ability to maintain the ruse of their relationship.  - I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
• Instead of confronting her however, he keeps up the ruse of being a patient, but is unable to talk and the session consists of Béatrice and Henry saying "Yes" back and forth at one another.  - A Couch in New York
• With the ruse working to perfection, the Company storms the castle at Stormguard, where they find Shifter and one of the enemy Shadowmasters tangled in battle.  - Shadow Games (novel)
• The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man.  - Western Union (film)
• Their ruse is successful, but after Captain Aziz leaves the island, they are attacked by King Jamal's ships.  - Sinbad (1993 film)
• This ruse leads to several others coming along as well.  - Gregor and the Marks of Secret
• Gen Dan Shomron (Charles Bronson) had to contend with a large armed Ugandan military detachment and used a ruse to overcome the defenses.  - Raid on Entebbe (film)
• The ruse works, distracting Grey and Trask while the girls free the prisoners from the hold and supply them with arms for an uprising.  - The Highlanders (Doctor Who)
• However, it proves to be a ruse for Mark to make a romantic overture toward Jennifer.  - Down (film)
• With a better life provided for her child, Helen continues the ruse while Bill Harkness (John Lund), who is the brother of the deceased Hugh, falls in love with her.  - No Man of Her Own
• Odo suggests this might have been a ruse to lure Sisko away from Deep Space Nine.  - For the Cause (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• He pretends to agree with Dukat, and the ruse almost works until Dukat notices that the distress signal is now on-line.  - Waltz (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Roh sees through the ruse immediately, but still accepts his cousin.  - Well of Shiuan
• Knowlton sneaks aboard and reveals his ruse to Toler, who lets him stay.  - Hell Below
• After confessing his ruse to his old servant (Angelos Yannoulis), Agamemnon dispatches him with another letter to Clytemnestra that reveals the truth and tells her to cancel Iphigenia's trip.  - Iphigenia (film)
• Elaine places her Chinese food order under Ned's name, but the delivery man uncovers her ruse and blacklists Ned from the restaurant, too.  - The Race (Seinfeld)
• George tries to act gay with Jerry in front of Allison to prove that they're homosexuals, but when Jerry doesn't follow along, George's ruse doesn't convince her.  - The Outing (Seinfeld)
• As described in a film magazine, Cleopatra (Bara), the Siren of Egypt, by a clever ruse reaches Caesar (Leiber) and he falls victim to her charms.  - Cleopatra (1917 film)
• His ruse exposed, Nega escapes into space, planning to use his camera to turn the whole planet into a card.  - Sonic Rivals
• This turns out to be a ruse on the part of the princess and Otto von Bismarck, and Flashman is forced to join with Rupert Willem von Starnberg, son of the villain from Royal Flash, and save Emperor Franz Josef from assassination by Magyar nationalists.  - Flashman and the Tiger
• Vera believes, however, that it is a ruse to persuade her to lie about the stabbing.  - Little Vera
• However, it's just a ruse to clear the graveyard.  - No Spring for Frazer
• Soon afterwards, Hornblower is told that he is to be sent to Paris to be tried as a pirate for his previous actions, including the capture of a battery and some coastal vessels using a ruse of war.  - Flying Colours (novel)
• The ruse succeeds, and the accusation of fraud is abandoned.  - Krippendorf's Tribe
• This is a ruse by the Government to get all the Brothers and Sisters together in order to sacrifice them to The Void.  - The Dark Age (series)
• Robin eventually ends up in the institution, but her friends devise a ruse to break her free.  - Three for the Road
• She believes the call is simply a ruse to lure her home, but upon arrival in Vegas she discovers her father died the previous night.  - My Blueberry Nights
• Are these real, or are they a ruse to frighten Mary away from her inheritance.  - The Ghost Breakers
• When the police arrive, they find the caretaker dead and tell Robert that the news of the man's death was all a ruse to flush out the cemetery caretaker.  - I Bury the Living
• After yet another failed assassination attempt, Vlad begins to suspect that his war with Laris is only a ruse to cover some larger plot.  - Yendi (novel)
• With one last ruse to save Melissa and the others, Sister Gloria agrees to take her place on the altar.  - Night of the Demons 2
• A ruse by Lee convinces the gunmen that the bar is losing oxygen, giving Starbuck an opening.  - Sacrifice (Battlestar Galactica)
• On Caprica, Caprica-Boomer's apparent capture is revealed to be a ruse to test Helo's feelings for her.  - Litmus (Battlestar Galactica)
• At this point, Archer's ruse is revealed, and V'Lar appears unharmed.  - Fallen Hero
• Arc and Rata tries to convince Nam that this is all a ruse by Romalia but Nam refuse to believe them.  - Arc the Lad II
• He is summoned to the Nevada home of crime boss Vincenzo, where a frantic Jerry is certain that his ruse will lead to grave consequences.  - Things Change
• Wayne sends them to the store, but reveals to Gordon that it is a ruse to get rid of them long enough so that he can use his shrink ray in order to shrink the Tiki Man down without Diane's knowledge, and without the risk of unintentionally shrinking the kids.  - Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
• This ruse climaxes with the husband rising out of the bathtub and the wife collapsing when she sees him.  - Diabolique (1996 film)
• He plunders the employee suggestion box for ideas to impress his own boss, Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin), but the ruse backfires and he embarrasses himself.  - Performance Review
• Leroux kills Delmas and assumes his identity as a ruse to disguise his own identity and then allows himself to be captured by Sharpe's company.  - Sharpe's Sword (novel)
• He decides to use V as a mannequin and through a ruse distracts his teacher long enough to draw a relatively accurate female reproductive system on her skin-colored bodysuit.  - Milk Money (film)
• Now riding on the front while it is traveling at a frenzied pace, he barely manages to return to his family in time, succeeding in fooling them, but while he is attempting a similar ruse the next day, the parking brake fails again and the RV rolls into a lake.  - RV (film)
• However, during a war game exercise, Randolph redeems himself by saving Bob and coming up with a ruse to win the exercise for his company.  - Buck Privates
• As a ruse to bring her back to China, Ho Tao sends her a letter challenging Japanese martial arts and their inferiority to their Chinese roots.  - Heroes of the East
• He surmises that she arrived days earlier, located the Uthat, and devised a plan to create a ruse that would fool Sovak into thinking the Uthat was lost.  - Captain's Holiday
• Ruby and her father, Dusty (George "Gabby" Hayes), hightail it out of there before she falls victim of the killer, escaping by a clever ruse (hiding in a large gunny sack) in which Ruby almost that drowns in a river.  - The Lawless Frontier
• Gunn is caught in the ruse taking the daughter of Morimoto, though he is able to fight his way free.  - Players (Angel)
• The order turns out to be a ruse to capture the crew and put them to work as slaves, constructing a funeral pyramid for the current pharaoh, Hamenthotep.  - A Pharaoh to Remember
• The Romulans, however, were so enraged over the balloon-ship ruse that they follow the Enterprise in this time and begin to experience a rash of jokes themselves.  - The Practical Joker
• The ruse fails when the car that Hunt had supposedly bought for himself falls apart when he attempts to drive it away.  - Gung Ho (film)
• Ryan develops a ruse to leave his family and Lord Holmes behind, near a shoreline, while racing away from the coast on a boat.  - Patriot Games (film)
• Lamia frees Yvaine, but her feigned defeat was just a ruse to bolster Yvaine's broken heart.  - Stardust (2007 film)
• He captures Baal under the ruse that he is the hero, but when she makes sexual advances at him, he tells her the truth, too honourable to take advantage of her even if it is only within a game.  - Killobyte
• Mr Beaumaris suspects the 'accident' to be a ruse on the part of someone chasing him for his fortune.  - Arabella (novel)
• The ruse works.  - The Flame and the Arrow
• Meanwhile, Archer and Sub-Commander T'Pol use a ruse similar to "good cop/bad cop" to persuade Plinn to tell them how to locate Goff's ship.  - Precious Cargo (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• As a ruse to lure Zorro, he has Charlotte arrested, and she is sentenced to be executed.  - Zorro, The Gay Blade
• The "Canada" ruse is dropped and Carol tells her parents she is mrs Claus.  - The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause
• Webb's ruse fools a coroner's jury, thanks in part to both Susan and Webb testifying that they didn't know each other prior to her husband's death.  - The Prowler (1951 film)
• Eventually, Trevor's ruse is uncovered by Bobby and Cindy; in retaliation, he kidnaps Carol and takes her and the artifact to a buyer in Hawaii.  - A Very Brady Sequel
• While building a treehouse, Luke is accosted by a witch, though he sees through her ruse and avoids his potential death, hiding at the top of the tree.  - The Witches (1990 film)
• His girlfriend is really Zarana in disguise, and her visit was a ruse to infiltrate Serpentor's holding cell.  - G.I. Joe: The Movie
• Michel returns to his apartment realizing that it was all just a ruse to search his apartment.  - Pickpocket (film)
• As Steve decides to pack up and leave for his ruse being exposed, they tell Steve to stay, since they want to help Steve save Stavi's fingers and they hate the egotistical, arrogant champion Jimmy and want to see him lose.  - The Ringer (2005 film)
• The Enterprise officers, having managed to overcome their captors by an elaborate ruse involving Geordi's VISOR, are able to stop the sweep just in time to save Picard's life.  - Starship Mine
• Furthermore, Daxus clarifies that the boy is his clone, his previous claim to her being a ruse to earn her sympathy.  - Ultraviolet (film)
• Death explains that he set up the ruse to get her to see that he means her no harm.  - Nothing in the Dark
• Together with him, she devises a ruse to outsmart Debra.  - Blonde Ambition
• He is equally disdainful of a friend who keeps asking him to join his Club, expecting that also to be just a ruse to get at his money.  - The Age of the Pussyfoot
• His ruse is up, he will be exposed as an Uneducated escapee.  - Profession (novella)
• However, the ruse eventually runs into problems, as Cutty is still getting credit for Ayres' great ideas, and competing firms and tabloid journalists are willing to do anything in order to bring the wealthy and elusive Cutty into the public and on their side.  - The Associate
• When a disappointed Jeetu collapses to the floor in despair and opens the other chits, they all have Nandu's name: Anjali had fallen in love with Nandu along the way and the ruse with the chits was a way to make rejecting Jeetu more palatable.  - Hungama
• The real turning point in this ruse occurs when some of the deceived villagers voice their suspicions that Asterix and Getafix gave the secret of the Magic Potion to the Romans, which gives Asterix and Getafix an excuse to announce a self-imposed exile, with Obelix to accompany them, wherein their purpose is to expose Convolvulus and teach the other Gauls a lesson in trust.  - Asterix and the Roman Agent
• Getafix the druid returns from his conference; and hearing of the situation, turns Prolix's ruse against him by creating and spreading a foul-smelling mixture of gasses; thus expelling the Romans, Prolix, and Cacofonix the Bard, who returns to the other Gauls on the island to confirm Prolix's prophecy.  - Asterix and the Soothsayer
• This ruse ends when Dorothy quarrels with her father, who attempts to strike her.  - Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
• When they create a ruse to transfer Jackie to safety, Luther attacks the police convoy with robotic smart bombs.  - Runaway (1984 film)
• She soon learns of the whole ruse from Samir, and gladly steps aside for Shalu and Dev to be united.  - Dil Hai Tumhaara
• However, Peter exposes Brian and points out the ruse by saying that Brian could have named it after Ronald Reagan rather than anybody from the Civil Rights movement.  - Peter's Got Woods
• Rita manages to get permission from the teacher to use the toilet (a ruse to see Bob); but Sue is denied and told to get back to the class.  - Rita, Sue and Bob Too
• Although the ruse is discovered and theIB.  - King of Comedy (1999 film)
• Colin and Matty jump into bed together as a ruse when the Germans raid just after Matty has been transmitting, and end up sleeping together for real.  - Wish Me Luck
• Arriving next is a woman claiming to be Bessie Bellwood, but Sigerson sees through her ruse almost immediately by stumping her with his knowledge of Bellwood's repertoire and the fact that Bellwood had died in 1879.  - The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother
• The narrator then goes to buy the man a cap, deciding it's not just a ruse to evoke sympathy.  - Green Shadows, White Whale
• Nekron sends a delegation to King Jarol (Leo Gordon) in Firekeep to request his surrender, but this is a ruse orchestrated by Queen Juliana for Nekron’s sub-humans to kidnap Jarol’s barefoot, bikini-clad daughter, Princess Teegra (Cynthia Leake); Queen Juliana feels that Nekron should take a bride to produce an heir.  - Fire and Ice (1983 film)
• After a ruse in which she pretends to be Oma Desala, she finds what she wants: the location of the only weapon in the galaxy capable of stopping her, hidden in the temple on Dakara.  - Reckoning (Stargate SG-1)
• The royal party is unaware that the Torchwood Estate has been captured by a group of monks from a monastery in st Catherine's Glen led by Father Angelo, forcing its owner, Sir Robert MacLeish, to play into their ruse as they take the place of the house's servants and guards.  - Tooth and Claw (Doctor Who)
• At the airport, one of Amin's bodyguards discovers Garrigan's plot to poison Amin under the ruse of giving him pills for a headache.  - The Last King of Scotland (film)
• The ruse fails and Armadale gives Max a box containing Jailbait's finger, sent by the villain Deathgiver.  - Incorruptible (comics)
• Through a clever ruse by Trey, they are able to get the arms dealer's name from the dead dealer's henchman.  - Showtime (film)
• This is a ruse to capture and kill them both.  - The Man Who Knew Too Little
• The President receives a HOTLINE message by teleprinter by the Premier, as the missiles are but minutes away, in which he offers the United States three choices: Icarus believes the HOTLINE message to be a ruse and that the Soviet leadership will retaliate massively anyway, thereby crushing the United States.  - Trinity's Child
• He suspects a ruse but sends her away to be tortured, planning to kill the Minister at a later date.  - Death Comes to Time
• The bottle in the bin was a ruse by Poirot; it contained ethyl chloride to knock Donovan briefly unconscious.  - Poirot's Early Cases
• In a ruse that means leaving her baby with Lotte's family, she leads her Stasi tail to a remote location far from the actual escape site.  - The Tunnel (2001 film)
• Catherine eventually sees through the "intellectual Ed" ruse Einstein and his cohorts had temporarily created in order to get her to give Ed some attention, but falls for Ed anyway, just as Einstein had hoped.  - I.Q. (film)
• Eventually, Pignon's ruse is discovered when Kopel catches him making love in the office to his co-worker, Mlle Bertrand.  - The Closet (2001 film)
• Holly then goes to the meeting place and admits the whole ruse to Jean, who seems to take it terribly.  - The Perfect Man
• As Tommy and Megan develop a ruse to trick the watching deputy and escape, Jason kills Garris and two other deputies when they arrive at the camp.  - Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• This, however, is a ruse staged by the alien race the Brood.  - Contest of Champions II
• The kleptomania exhibited by Paula is all a sleight-of-hand ruse perpetrated by Gregory.  - Gaslight (1944 film)
• The ruse fails when he spots his mother's head on the altar and he attacks Ginny.  - Friday the 13th Part 2
• With his confession, the rope, and the ruse with the bell pull explained, Battle charges him with the murder of Lady Tressilian.  - Towards Zero
• The siege culminates in Greek victory through the ruse of the legendary Trojan Horse.  - Helen of Troy (film)
• Yvonne's parents presented her as Gawain's kin but this ruse is discovered when she begs Jack to explore her past through visions.  - Merlin's Apprentice
• Michael calls, telling Aldo he knew there was an informant but was unsure if it was Monk or Aldo, and the job was a ruse to smoke out the culprit.  - The Godfather (2006 video game)
• This ruse works and the crates are soon aboard the Wheel.  - The Wheel in Space
• When his ruse is discovered, Coward is transferred to a new camp where he is being set up as a traitor with the commanding officer hoping to use his fellow prisoners to kill Coward.  - The Password Is Courage
• He asks Riker to unlock the computer console in the schoolroom, using the ruse that none of the computer games will work.  - Rascals (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
• The whole duel and execution was but a ruse to lull Chauvelin into a sense of overconfidence and send the majority of his forces away.  - The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)
• His ruse is later discovered by the colonel when the dog bites him and runs away.  - Mujhse Shaadi Karogi
• The ruse fails, but when he is captured and interrogated, the Doctor keeps the Romulans stalled long enough for the EMH Mark II to fool the ship's computer into opening the filters, permitting the distribution of the gas.  - Message in a Bottle (Star Trek: Voyager)
• He explains and apologizes to the crew for his recent behavior, revealing that it was a ruse that he and the captain had planned to infiltrate the Kazon and flush the intruder many weeks ago.  - Investigations (Star Trek: Voyager)
• The ruse is uncovered and Sandy harpoons Gary outside the airlock, breathing the atmosphere to no ill effect as she mauls his flesh.  - Inseminoid
• The ruse was to confirm the authenticity of Rabbit's Foot.  - Mission: Impossible III
• Neelix's ruse is uncovered and the Ferengi attempt to kill him.  - False Profits
• But it is all a ruse to gain access to the apartment, where he steals a hair-clip from Alicia’s room.  - Talk to Her
• Arutha, Prince of Krondor, uses an attempted assassination as a ruse to fake his own death so that he may travel north to confront Murmandamus.  - A Darkness at Sethanon
• The torture and dismissal are a ruse to repaint Skellen as a disgraced former SAS operative, and Hagen and Freund are innocent victims in the scheme.  - Who Dares Wins (film)
• Based on the current administration's promise to cut down crime rates, they believe the Exterminator is either an opposition party's stunt, or a foreign power's ruse to humiliate the current administration; by exposing their inability to handle the city's crime problem.  - The Exterminator
• The ruse is partially successful, and Degra reveals information about his family, and inputs coordinates into the navigation system.  - Stratagem (Star Trek: Enterprise)
• The ruse works, and while Nightcrawler fends off the Acolytes' attempts to reclaim their ally, Professor X and Moira MacTaggert heal Colossus, using Cyclops' optic blast.  - Fatal Attractions (comics)
• Adopting the name Diomede, Steven engages Paris in battle and his ruse works.  - The Myth Makers
• Westlake's ruse is broken by Strack, who fights him 650 feet above ground.  - Darkman
• He uses this to create a time ruse allowing him to slip out of the Chamber, and Herbert follows.  - Timelash
• In the morning he meets the "downer" and learns how he secured his release through a ruse - he reported Sneer's Key as found on the street.  - Limes inferior
• The Doctor and his party sneak the android Prince into the throne room, and the coronation begins; but the android Prince is damaged and it is clear the ruse will not hold for long.  - The Androids of Tara
• This is all part of a ruse orchestrated by Garron; the jethrik was planted by Garron's assistant Unstoffe, who also was playing a native with an "honest face" spins a yarn to the Graff about a nearby lost mine.  - The Ribos Operation
• Mordred reveals that the battle was a ruse to lure the Doctor, and that Morgaine has summoned the Destroyer of Worlds, whom she has bound with silver chains.  - Battlefield (Doctor Who)
• Magnus offers him the hand of friendship, but it is a ruse to allow Magnus to take the power of the Matrix, with an unexpected side-effect – the two brothers merge into Omega Prime and defeat their foes.  - Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 TV series)
• Though Marisa and Chris are attracted to each other, Marisa is terrified that management will find out about the ruse and makes it a point to avoid Chris afterwards.  - Maid in Manhattan
• Making sure that no one is observing, he knocks on the floor and out from a trap door steps Elphaba, very much alive; the entire thing was a ruse to convince her enemies of her death and to ensure her future with Fiyero, who was transformed into the scarecrow by her spell in the process.  - Wicked (musical)
• She becomes hysterical at the ruse and he takes her home.  - The Big Sleep (1978 film)
• Max goes along with the ruse to keep heading for Devil's Peak.  - Bushwhacked (film)
• However, following the adoption, the ruse is quickly revealed when Madam Wu catches Homer and Marge talking about the false marriage and kissing through a painting.  - Goo Goo Gai Pan
• Questioned by Marty and Jane, Red reveals that he bought the tickets as a ruse to get their parents to safety.  - Silver Bullet (film)
• It all turns out to be an elaborate ruse set by Dixon to trap and capture Reno instead.  - Renegade (TV series)
• In that serial, however, the Doctor claims it had run low on mercury, though this later turns out to be a ruse to convince companions Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright to explore the planet on which they had just landed.  - The Mind Robber
• Before Shaggy can escape, the Caliph decides to start the ceremony right away, but when the wedding cake arrives, Shaggy pigs out, and his ruse is discovered.  - Scooby-Doo! in Arabian Nights
• Meanwhile, the Countess plots a ruse that will cause Strauss Sr.  - Waltzes from Vienna
• Raiden's body is rebuilt and he reconciles with Rose after learning that their child was not miscarried and that her marriage to Campbell was a ruse meant to protect them from the Patriots.  - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Riker and lt Worf (Michael Dorn) develop a ruse of their own, which they communicate to La Forge in code.  - Samaritan Snare
• Armstrong visits a contact, a "farmer" (Mort Mills), where it is revealed that his defection is in fact a ruse to gain the confidence of the East German scientific establishment, in order to learn how much their chief scientist Gustav Lindt (Ludwig Donath) and by extension, the Soviet Union, knows about anti-missile systems.  - Torn Curtain
• A ruse is successful in getting the gold to Veracruz where the Juarista troops attack the French in a bloody battle over the ownership of the gold.  - Vera Cruz (film)
• They devise an elaborate ruse to reroute the train, temporarily changing railway station signage to make it appear to the German escort as if they are heading to Germany when they have actually turned back toward Paris.  - The Train (1964 film)
• She was acting as a decoy for Anastasia to throw her uncle, who opposed the romance, off the scent, and the black-bearded man and the packet were simply a ruse to distract George, as he was so willing to be part of a mystery – another wedding ring could easily have been procured, and George's adventures with the spy were a remarkable coincidence.  - The Listerdale Mystery
• The ruse works, but they cannot secure a loan.  - Seducing Doctor Lewis
• The only people outside the family who know of the ruse are the milk vendor who employs the daughter - he who was a friend of her deceased father - and a local boy named Espandi, who recognizes her despite her outward change in appearance.  - Osama (film)
• However, it is all a ruse by their leader Kugo Ginjo, a Fullbring and former Substitute Soul Reaper, to steal Ichigo's powers to empower the rest of them.  - Bleach (anime)
• D'Amour agrees to allow Valentin and Swann's ruse to continue.  - Lord of Illusions
• When the animals jump out of the piano (with the cat chasing the dog rather than vice versa) the ruse is revealed to the audience's disapproval and Oliver, humbled and vengeful, covers Beans in green ink from his pen, causing Beans to fall off his ladder and launch a pail of red paint onto Oliver.  - I Haven't Got a Hat
• Gannon continues his ruse and becomes attracted to Stone.  - Teacher's Pet (1958 film)
• At the hotel, Gagin uses a ruse to find out that Frank Hugo is in room 315.  - Ride the Pink Horse
• Realizing that his ruse has failed, "Dodge" morphs into Jack Ferriman, who has killed the real Dodge.  - Ghost Ship (2002 film)
• Hartigan knows it's a ruse to insult him, but asks Senator Roark for forgiveness in order to win parole.  - That Yellow Bastard
• Holmes and dr Watson then go to the telegraph office where Holmes uses a ruse to get the woman there to show him the counterfoil of the message that Staunton sent.  - The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• His feigned illness was a ruse to induce Smith to confess to his nephew’s murder.  - The Adventure of the Dying Detective
• Sagat sees through the ruse and has Ryu fight his cage champion, Vega (Jay Tavare), but the fight is interrupted when Guile bursts in and arrests everyone present for violating a curfew.  - Street Fighter (1994 film)
• Cuddy uses the SARS diagnosis as a ruse to “inoculate” House, in reality injecting him with a powerful sedative.  - Birthmarks (House)
• At home, Simon learns of Terri's ruse and becomes furious.  - Raise Your Voice
• When he gets her released from prison, she turns out to be far from the perfection he expected, swearing in an uncouth and rude manner – but it turns out to be a ruse to make sure that Neal does not just want to get into her pants.  - Interstate 60 (film)
• Kirk's insanity, the unauthorized venture into Romulan space, and Spock's betrayal have all been a ruse as part of a secret Federation plan to acquire the Romulan cloaking device.  - The Enterprise Incident
• Suddenly, their hideout is raided, led by Daras, in what is quickly revealed as a ruse to test the strangers' loyalty.  - Patterns of Force (Star Trek: The Original Series)
• The ruse works and the Romulans back off.  - The Deadly Years
• Balok apparently falls for the ruse and does not destroy the ship.  - The Corbomite Maneuver
• Upon arriving, however, Kirk discovers that the synthetic food discovery claim was just a ruse employed by dr Leighton to bring Kirk to Planet Leighton reveals to Kirk his true motivation is to have Kirk confirm Leighton's suspicions that Anton Karidian (Arnold Moss), the leader of a Shakespearean acting troupe currently on the planet, is in fact Kodos "the Executioner," the former governor of the Earth colony of Tarsus IV, who was responsible for the massacre of over 4,000 people—including members of both Kirk's and Leighton's families—20 years earlier.  - The Conscience of the King
• The previous few hours had all been an elaborate ruse to kill Myra.  - Deathtrap (film)
• This apparent betrayal is then shown to be part of the plan; a ruse to provide the androids the "escape attempt" they would expect.  - I, Mudd
• Jefferson rushes to the aid of Becker, who was apparently injured in the blast, but Becker's cries of distress are a ruse — he is a "type 2" screamer, and he kills Jefferson.  - Screamers (1995 film)
• By then it is too late, and Joy agrees to keep up the ruse of being a "real" teacher for the time being.  - The Beautician and the Beast
• After being inspired by a television commercial for GenCorp, he uses a ruse to bring out both a GenCorp executive and a reporter from a local paper.  - Time Chasers
• An Avengers Annual eventually reveals that this was a ruse perpetrated by the Grandmaster as he is able to steal Death's powers and then via another deception forces the entity to banish all Elders from her realm, effectively making them immortal.  - Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions
• She thinks everything is fine until Fats "comes alive" and reveals that Corky's card trick is only a ruse he uses to seduce women, and that Peg is only the latest of his conquests.  - Magic (1978 film)
• After landing, Charley hugs the confounded Boyle, acting overjoyed; Molly falls for the ruse and assumes that Boyle is Charley's co-conspirator, so he runs Boyle down with his car, killing him.  - Charley Varrick
• She agrees to continue the ruse when he agrees to babysit Mikey, which almost comes to a halt when he takes the baby out to the airport, where he is a part-time commercial pilot while she is taking a nap (leading her to believe he'd kidnapped Mikey).  - Look Who's Talking
• Owing to the standoff, his daughter's friend Yukiko (Fujiko Yamamoto) tries a ruse in which she asks Hirayama's opinion concerning a similar situation – her mother forcing her to marry someone she didn't like.  - Equinox Flower
• Afterwards, Aya (Yumeji Tsukioka), a divorced friend of Noriko’s, goes with Shukichi to a bar, where he confesses that his claim that he was going to marry mrs Miwa was a ruse to persuade Noriko to get married herself.  - Late Spring
• The ruse works and Hearst leaves Deadwood, giving over control of "all his other-than-mining interests" to Tolliver.  - Deadwood (TV series)
• When they find the climbers, they discover the distress call was a ruse and are taken prisoner by former Military Intelligence operative Eric Qualen and several mercenaries.  - Cliffhanger (film)
• The ruse works and a mission to rescue Burnett is aborted.  - Behind Enemy Lines (2001 film)
• Noah realises it is just a ruse to let him go see Allie and he finds Allie in bed in her room, asleep.  - The Notebook (novel)
• Spy satellites place the truck in a traffic jam in Dagestan, and Devoe uses a ruse to identify it.  - The Peacemaker (1997 film)
• The ruse buys enough time for Harvey, whom Billy contacted beforehand, to collect her from the race and take her out of the country before the hitmen can act.  - Billy Bathgate
• As part of the ruse they arm themselves with Sten guns, M1 Garands, Bren guns and revolvers, as well as Browning Hi-Powers instead of German weaponry.  - The Eagle Has Landed
• Lucius reveals that Harry only saw a dream of Sirius being tortured; it was simply a ruse to lure Harry into the Death Eaters' grasp.  - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• When fellow Police Inspector Man arrives (Kam Hing Ying), he reveals that he had been working with Chu Tao and thus Selina's capture was merely a ruse to trap Ka-Kui.  - Police Story (1985 film)
• The Doctor claims the fluid link of the TARDIS is running low on mercury (a ruse he later admits to), forcing the crew to travel to the city in search of more mercury.  - The Daleks
• Their friendliness, however, turns out to be a ruse and on the eve of the ship's proposed departure, the natives ambush the crew in a narrow gorge.  - The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
• Davus tells them that in fact the planned nuptials are a ruse and that he has checked Chremes' house and there is no sign of preparations.  - Andria (comedy)
• Baker suspects a ruse and pulls open the monk's robe, revealing a pistol.  - Something Big (film)
• Although the vendor says parental permission is required if the hopeful buyer is under 18 years old, Cartman uses this information to pretend that he, Kenny, Kyle and Stan are orphaned brothers (a ruse the boys have apparently successfully used "like twelve times" in the past) and successfully tricks the vendor into giving them the weapons.  - Good Times with Weapons
• Tintin decides to contact the police and comes up with a ruse to cover his tracks.  - Tintin and the Lake of Sharks
• Enlisting the aid of the ship's three service robots, called drones, Lowell stages a fake premature explosion as a ruse and sends the Valley Forge careening towards Saturn in an attempt to hijack the ship and flee with the last forest dome.  - Silent Running
• This ruse also works, and Oberstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison, while the missing pages of the Bruce-Partington plans are recovered from his trunk.  - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
• When she rushes home, Marlin and Doug are forced to admit their ruse (and presumably not for the first time; when Marlin sees Lucy's frantic behavior as her truck pulls up to the house, he immediately realizes what happened and loudly announces to Doug that Lucy "had a bad day").  - 50 First Dates
• Mongkut's army is too far from the palace to engage the rebels, so he creates a ruse - that a white elephant has been spotted, and the court must go to see it.  - Anna and the King
• At Flik's insistence, they continue the ruse of being "warriors" so the troupe can continue to enjoy the attention and hospitality of the ants.  - A Bug's Life
• However, it is all a ruse to deceive the government, and the very alive and well members of Section 9 regroup to bring the micromachine corporations and corrupt politicians to justice, resulting in the dissolution of the current Japanese government.  - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Poirot sets up a ruse with Nick's participation, telling the others that Nick is dead.  - Peril at End House
• (Arnold did not know that this proposed invasion was a ruse intended to divert British resources) On June 16, Arnold inspected West Point while on his way home to Connecticut to take care of personal business, and he sent a highly detailed report through the secret channel.  - Benedict Arnold
• He suggests Gregory isn't really serious about anarchism, which so irritates Gregory that he takes Syme to an underground anarchist meeting place, revealing his public endorsement of anarchy is a ruse to make him seem harmless, when in fact he is an influential member of the local chapter of the European anarchist council.  - The Man Who Was Thursday
• The Doctor and Pex devise a ruse to lure the Chief into a booby trapped room and thereby destroy Kroagnon, but when the plan goes wrong Pex sacrifices himself to drag the Chief into the trap.  - Paradise Towers
• When a tramp dies on his grounds, Renauld repeats the ruse of years earlier, but with one change.  - The Murder on the Links
• Yu attempts to tell NIS of the ruse and the danger in the stadium but is ignored.  - Shiri (film)
• After several misadventures, Artemis recovers the lemur but learns that his mother's illness was a ruse plotted by Opal Koboi, who wanted the lemur's brain fluid to increase her own magical powers.  - Artemis Fowl II
• Upon arriving, he discovers that Brandt was not actually arrested but was part of a ruse to expose Preston and the Underground.  - Equilibrium (film)
• Nancy tackles this by dressing more maturely (the first time she implements an appearance change to sleuth in the series chronology) and going door-to-door for charity as a ruse to meet the suspects.  - The Bungalow Mystery
• Horner's ruse of impotence is a great success, and he has sex with many ladies of virtuous reputation, mostly the wives and daughters of citizens or "cits",e.  - The Country Wife
• The cars are outfitted as Saddam's entourage, in a ruse to scare away the bunker's defenders.  - Three Kings (1999 film)
• Toranaga has Blackthorne thrown in prison as a ruse to keep him from Ishido.  - Shōgun (novel)
• Up for parole once again, Marie has found a "cashier's job" outside—actually just a ruse to join Elvira Powell's shoplifting gang—and leaves prison a hardened woman after 15 months.  - Caged
• The dentist, after finding out about the poet's affair with his wife, uses the ruse of free dental care for ruining Gowan's smile and forcing him to wear dentures.  - Reuben, Reuben
• In a desperate attempt to survive being cut in two by a circular saw, Bond offers to work for Goldfinger, a ruse that Goldfinger initially refuses, but then accepts.  - Goldfinger (novel)
• Frightened, Andrew breaks down and explains the burglary ruse but insists that he only pretended to shoot Milo using a blank cartridge and that his rival left the house humiliated, but alive.  - Sleuth (1972 film)
• Kirk and McCoy arrive at the Rura Penthe mines and are befriended by a shapeshifter named Martia, who offers them an escape route; in reality, it is a ruse to make their arranged deaths appear accidental.  - Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
• Picard masterminds a ruse to transport Ru'afo and his bridge crew to the holoship and shutdown the harvester.  - Star Trek: Insurrection
• The ruse works: Price is killed in a hail of bullets, creating a diversion that allows Sefton and Dunbar to cut through the barbed wire and escape; when von Scherbach and Schulz see Price's dead body, they are shocked.  - Stalag 17
• Sybok reveals the hostage situation was a ruse to lure a starship to Nimbus III.  - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
• Jerry uses a ruse to get her out of the office, and then immobilizes the operatives watching her.  - Conspiracy Theory (film)
• Before he can tell Lilac, Chip's ruse is discovered by his adviser.  - This Perfect Day
• Page, picking up the car in Istanbul, is told a police ruse that only the "importer" Simpson is permitted to drive it in Turkey.  - Topkapi (film)
• Jack and Mac continue the ruse and head to Pershing Square to drop the ransom.  - Speed (1994 film)
• Now suspecting Tony of having conspired with Swann, Hubbard has developed an elaborate ruse to confirm this.  - Dial M for Murder
• This gets Tura out of Gestapo headquarters but now he cannot leave the country on the plane Ehrhardt had arranged for him and it is only a matter of time before the ruse is discovered.  - To Be or Not to Be (1942 film)
• When Joe and Jerry get back to the hotel, Jerry explains that Osgood has proposed marriage to Daphne and that he, as Daphne, has accepted, anticipating an instant divorce and huge cash settlement when his ruse is revealed.  - Some Like It Hot
• Crichton disguises himself as a Peacekeeper to gain access, but the base's commander, Scorpius, instantly sees through the ruse and imprisons Crichton, calling Crais to come and get him.  - Farscape
• As Duke inspects the ship's computer, it is revealed that the plot to capture women was merely a ruse to distract him.  - Duke Nukem 3D
• With the ruse thus revealed, the main characters run for their lives, resulting in a madcap chase across the stage with both Miles and Senex pursuing all three "Philia"s (Domina, Hysterium, and the actual Philia – all wearing identical white robes and veils).  - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
• Clyde and Rani use a ruse to lock Captain Tybo in a lab room and use fire extinguishers to freeze the nanobots which were eating through a door.  - Prisoner of the Judoon
• Booch tries a ruse to kill Schermatz, but is slain for his efforts.  - Wyst: Alastor 1716
• But this is a ruse to kidnap her and use her as bait for Dexter.  - Dexter (season 1)
• The ruse succeeds in convincing the eldest two children, who rush in to open the door.  - The Goat and Her Three Kids
• Dănilă employs the same type of ruse when the devil asks him to wrestle, by demanding that his interlocutor first try his hand at pinning down "an uncle o' mine, 999 years and 52 weeks of age", and then leading him into a bear's cave.  - Dănilă Prepeleac
• Before Liz can comprehend everything going on around her, she finds that the murder was just a ruse to get her home and that she is the killer's true target.  - House of the Damned (1996 film)
• As tensions mount, the survivors must ask themselves: is he telling the truth or is this a ruse concocted by a homicidal maniac and his mysterious ally.  - Abaddon (The Outer Limits)
• Though she continues to employ the ruse of "Fantomina" throughout the story, the protagonist drops this alias for a short time to pursue Beauplaisir to Bath.  - Fantomina
• Cobb persuades him to go down another level to explore Browning's subconscious (in reality, it is a ruse to enter Fischer's).  - Inception
• At the beach, Paul announces that he and Fanfan are getting married, but back at the apartment, Alexandre discovers through the two-way mirror that their wedding plans were just a ruse to make Alexandre jealous, and that Fanfan is still in love with him.  - Fanfan

Example sentences for "ruse" in interesting articles

• The ruse is that it will help disadvantaged children, but what it really does is funnel government money to religious institutions.  - I was trained for the culture wars in home school
• The ruse is that it will help disadvantaged children, but what it really does is funnel government money to religious institutions.  - I was trained for the culture wars in home school
• In that case, it is just a clever ruse to use public funds to the advantage of the charter operators and investors.  - How to Analyze False Claims about Charter Schools
• Britain also had to convince the Americans that the message had not been concocted as part of a ruse to get them into the War.  - Why was the Zimmerman Telegram so important?
• “But that’s really a ruse to optimize for quantity.  - Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
• “But that’s really a ruse to optimize for quantity.  - Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
• While those outside the industry seem convinced there's some kind of trillion-dollar ruse going on, that is certainly not the case.  - How to Understand The Derivatives Market
• Historians aren’t convinced that Potemkin really constructed entire fake villages, their facades illuminated by enormous bonfires—but the concept may not be so far-fetched.These days, when people talk about a Potemkin village, they’re usually referring to a ruse to make something appear better than it actually is.  - A Giant, Fake City in the Middle of the Desert

Meaning of "ruse" in English

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

Meaning of "ruse" in Hindi

• जाल ( Jal, jaal, zal)
• हीला ( Hila, heelaa)
• फरेब ( Phareb, fareb)
• छल/चाल/धोखा
• दगा ( Daga, dagaa)
• छलबल ( Chhalabal)
• छल ( Chhal)

Synonyms of "ruse"

• artifice

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