Sentence examples for common ploy from inspiring English sources

Padding staff is a common ploy among start-ups.

I hear that's a common ploy when someone thinks you could take their job away.

A common ploy is to travel on another person's ID card by tampering with the photo and the biographical data.

This common ploy, Dr. Rosen said, allows people to feel they have retained the moral high ground.

Professor Cox thinks the distinction ties into the concept of "incongruity," or subverting expectation — a common ploy in humor.

One common ploy, Ms. Carlquist said, is buying a ticket for a short ride and using it to go much farther.

A deceptively worded pop-up is a common ploy to get users to click on something that then tries to install a program, Mr. Bryan said.

In a common ploy, "criminals present fictitious financial instruments such as Federal Reserve notes, standby letters of credit, prime bank guarantees or prime bank notes in order to fraudulently collateralize loans," the Federal Reserve says on its Web site.