trollope ploy

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Noun

1. A [[negotiation]] [[technique]] in which a [[proposal]] from another [[party]] is deliberately [[misinterpret]]ed in such a way that it is more to the responding party's liking, with the aim of having the misinterpreted version accepted in the interests of [[diplomacy]].

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