Mr. Simpson's own review reveals a typical ploy by which traditionalists impose meanings where others seem to have been intended.

The officials characterized the hedging as a ploy typical of past P.L.O. behavior.

This tactic involved borrowing ideas from outside the community to force a change and was a typical ploy for incomers.

Only a typical lunk-headed heavy-handed ploy by the inner circle of poets was able to shut it down.

Legitimising their ownership through inheritance was a typical ploy of the Greenhalghs, as was forging documents to go with it.

"It's a typical ploy employers use to skirt the law," said Mike Donovan, an organizer.

The show is based on a typical ploy, sliding a popular actor from one show to another without making drastic changes in character.

His Sunday night 'casino' was a typical ploy for making easy gelt.

It's the typical ploy of men who want to set up a dictatorship.

The ban on the activities of the party is a typical political ploy.