chicanery
noun
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry.
chicaneries
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pluralof chicanery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
He would refuse Mr. Gresham's offer,—not because he hoped that he might live in idleness on the wealth of the woman he loved,—but because the chicaneries and intrigues of office had become distasteful to him.
From Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope
The princess would know that her chicaneries must cease--that if I wrote to Altenhof and told the whole truth, there would be an explosion.
From Vineta The Phantom City by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
They may elude her lofty purposes, falsify her trust, and for a time hoodwink her with male chicaneries; but they are always afraid of her, and in the end they do as she commands.
From The Dust Flower by Hibberd V. B. (Hibberd Van Buren) Kline
