Word of the Day - deploy

deploy

/dɪˈplɔɪ/
verb
[with object]
1 Move (troops or equipment) into position for military action.
1.1 no object (of troops) move into position for military action.
2 Bring into effective action.

Origin
Late
18th century from French déployer, from Latin displicare and late Latin
deplicare ‘unfold or explain’, from dis-, de- ‘un-’ + plicare ‘to
fold’. Compare with display.

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High command deployed mock planes and troop emplacements as a ploy to make the enemy move their real forces into the wrong place.