Ovenden told police he was one of the "two or three great printers" in the world, but the court heard that his portraiture formed part of a ruse for abusing girls, making them dress in Victorian clothing before removing it and committing indecent acts.
This may include a tax on money transfers in payment for imports, a ruse used to get money out of Russia through transfers for goods that do not exist.See article: Fuelling Russia's economyTwo of Germany's top four banks, Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank, are considering merging their retail businesses to improve performance.
Why would producers use the most honorable official in town for such a ruse?
And it may be how Real Enemies gets you, as well – unless, of course, you're too clever to fall for such a ruse.
Mr. Tokayev called them unprofessional and said the movement's call for reform was a ruse masking the true aim of some of its founders to enrich themselves.
A new report by the International Crisis Group, a respected thinktank, found that Syrian rebel groups were playing up their Islamist credentials by growing Salafi-type beards, for example, as a ruse to secure arms from these conservative Gulf-based donors.
Travellers should never hand over money or contact information in person, and they should also watch out for photography being a ruse to distract them while being pick-pocketed.
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).
State Comptroller Peter Franchot told The Diamondback, the University of Maryland's student newspaper, that the education argument for gambling is a ruse devised to interest "voters who want to do the right thing for kids, when it does nothing to bring in new dollars for education".
