Mr. Trump has often made drastic threats as a negotiating ploy to extract concessions, as when he vowed to close the border with Mexico or impose tariffs on its goods to compel action to halt illegal immigration.
The first friend told me he suspected Bourgoin had invented the story of Eileen not so much as a ploy for sympathy or notoriety, but merely so that people wouldn't be put off by his obsessiveness.
Even after that ploy was uncovered, Ertmann was relentless, trying to hire multiple people, including an undercover police officer, to carry out a hit on his ex-wife.
PORSKOFF PLOY flashed up next, as Troy made as though to dart upward with the Quaffle, drawing away the Bulgarian Chaser Ivanova and dropping the Quaffle to Moran.
They were created as a marketing ploy to make people feel like they were protecting themselves when studies actually show that they do not make smoking any healthier.
A Department of Justice filing claimed that Apple's argument—that unlocking the phone would weaken its encryption protections—was a marketing ploy to strengthen its business model.
The ploy drew massive crowds, especially among the youth, eager to capture the unusual blend of luxury in a traditional setting, leaving vendors both overwhelmed and perplexed.
Mr al-Hashemi refuses to return to Baghdad to stand trial, claiming the entire affair as a political ploy to eliminate him from the political equation.