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chicanery

[ shi-key-nuh-ree, chi- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural chi·can·er·ies.

trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry:
He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.
Synonyms: knavery, deception, fraud
a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
Synonyms: evasion

chicanery

/ ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ /

verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice
a trick, deception, or quibble

From the French word chicanerie, dating back to 1605–15. See chicane, -ery

An indictment of the sort of financial chicanery that eventually fueled the crash of 2008.

Fans of today adore the cheaters of the past, precisely because of their chicanery.

And the truth is that even if there's a little chicanery going on, the current compensation scheme is working brilliantly.

In 1500 the palace was the shrine of an artistic nobility; to-day it is a temple of chicanery.

The time will come, however, when old Virginia will stand trifling and chicanery no longer.

This substitution of chicanery in place of devastation takes place only in an uncertain degree.

To be defeated by rascality, by a clever turn of chicanery, never disturbed him—that was legitimate.

A goodly portion of my life has been spent in battling with superstition, credulity and chicanery in every form.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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