1. (a.) Alt. of Tactical.

2. (n.) See Tactics.

action ad hoc measure answer art artful dodge artifice blind campaign caper chicanery conspiracy contrivance countermove coup course of action craft cute trick deceit demarche design device dodge effort engineering expedient fakement feint fetch gambit game generalship gimmick grift improvisation intrigue jugglery jury-rig jury-rigged expedient knavery last expedient last resort last shift little game makeshift maneuver means measure military operations move orchestration pis aller plan plans plot ploy racket red herring resort resource ruse scheme shake-up shift sleight solution step stopgap stratagem strategy stroke stroke of policy subterfuge tactics tactual temporary expedient trick trickery trump wile wily device working hypothesis working proposition