counterploy

noun

coun·​ter·​ploy ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌplȯi 

variants or counter-ploy

plural counterploys or counter-ploys

: a ploy intended to counter or oppose another ploy

There are ploys and counterploys, as each tries to outmaneuver the other.

—Daniel M. Kimmel

Word History

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above