chicaneries
- plural of chicanery.
Example Sentences
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The business reforms of the ’30s have proven unequal to chicaneries of later ages, and periodically must be updated.
From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2011
Again & again she was caught red-handed in chicaneries that would have made a carnival rifter blush.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Abbot, weary of these chicaneries, resigned his office and returned to Montecassino.
From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von
She came into conflict with the police, who considered her activity pernicious and accused her of socialistic tendencies, into which she was forced in 1885 by the chicaneries of the police.
From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann
It was a hard day's work; but young Frank North was rewarded for his civility to the sergeant, who condescended to instruct his apt pupil in the tricks and chicaneries of their profession.
From A Book About Lawyers by Jeaffreson, John Cordy
