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View usage for: (ʃɪkeɪnəri) uncountable nounChicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. [formal]Synonyms: trickery, cheating, intrigue, deception More Synonyms of chicanery chicanery in British English (ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ) nounWord forms: plural -eries1. verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice 2. a trick, deception, or quibble chicanery in American English (ʃɪˈkeɪnəri) nounWord forms: plural chiˈcaneries1. the use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings SIMILAR WORDS: deˈception Word origin Fr chicanerie < chicane Examples of 'chicanery' in a sentencechicanery Definition trickery or deception The trial revealed a world of crime, corruption and political chicanery. Synonyms cheating wiles stratagems chicane sharp practice sophistry deviousness wire-pulling mainly US) underhandedness Additional synonymsDefinition a clever trick the artifice and illusion of sleight-of-hand card tricks Synonyms cunning, scheming, trick, device, craft, tactic, manoeuvre, deception, hoax, expedient, ruse, guile, trickery, duplicity, subterfuge, stratagem, contrivance, chicanery, wile, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, machination, dodgeDefinition the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived He admitted conspiring to obtain property by deception. Synonyms trickery, fraud, deceit, hypocrisy, cunning, treachery, guile, duplicity, insincerity, legerdemain, dissimulation, craftiness, fraudulence, deceitfulness, deceptiveness Definition a cunning and deceitful trick It was probably just a dodge to stop you going away. Synonyms trick, scheme, ploy, trap, device, fraud, con (slang), manoeuvre, deception, scam (slang), gimmick, hoax, wheeze (British, slang), deceit, ruse, artifice, subterfuge, canard, feint, stratagem, contrivance, machination, fastie (Australian, slang) - chew something over
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