chicanery

chi·can·er·y

C0285400 (shĭ-kā′nə-rē, chĭ-)n. Deception by trickery or sophistry.

chicanery

(ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ) n, pl -eries1. verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice2. a trick, deception, or quibble

chi•can•er•y

(ʃɪˈkeɪ nə ri, tʃɪ-)

n., pl. -er•ies. 1. the use of sly or evasive language, reasoning, etc. to trick or deceive. 2. a tricky or deceitful maneuver; subterfuge. [1605–15; < French chicanerie]

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chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane, guiledissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceivingdupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagejugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery"

chicanery

noun trickery, cheating, intrigue, deception, artifice, wiles, duplicity, subterfuge, stratagems, double-dealing, skulduggery (informal), sharp practice, sophistry, deviousness, wire-pulling (chiefly U.S.), underhandedness The trial revealed a world of crime, corruption and political chicanery.

chicanery

nounLack of straightforwardness and honesty in action:craft, craftiness, deviousness, dishonesty, indirection, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness, underhandedness.

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