chicanery

  • 11chicanery — [[t]ʃɪke͟ɪnəri[/t]] chicaneries N UNCOUNT: also N in pl Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. [FORMAL] Syn: trickery …

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  • 12chicanery — noun (U) formal the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people: The legal system got to the truth and settled cases fairly and without chicanery …

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  • 13chicanery — noun we didn t catch on to his chicanery until it was too late Syn: trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, deviousness, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, swindling, cheating, duping,… …

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  • 14chicanery — chicane, chicanery trickery, double dealing, *deception, fraud Analogous words: artifice, stratagem, maneuver, ruse, feint, *trick, wile, gambit, ploy: intrigue, machination, *plot: under handedness, furtiveness, surreptitiousness (see… …

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  • 15Chicanery (album) — Chicanery Studio album by Chicanery Released 2010 …

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  • 16chicanery — noun (plural neries) Date: 1609 1. deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry ; trickery 2. a piece of sharp practice (as at law) ; trick …

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  • 17chicanery — noun /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɹ.i,ʃɪˈkeɪ.nə.ɹi/ a) Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge. b) A slick performance by a lawyer. Syn: dishonesty, fraud, trickery …

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  • 18chicanery — Synonyms and related words: art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, baseness, bickering, blind, bluff, boggling, bosey, captiousness, catch, caviling, cheating, chicane, chouse, collusion, connivance, connivery, conspiracy, contrivance, coup …

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  • 19chicanery — chi|can|er|y [ ʃı keınəri ] noun uncount FORMAL the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters …

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  • 20chicanery — chi can·er·y || nÉ™rɪ n. plotting, scheming …

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