chicanery
41chicane — I. verb (chicaned; chicaning) Etymology: French chicaner, from Middle French, to quibble, prevent justice Date: circa 1672 intransitive verb to use chicanery < a wretch he had taught to lie and chicane George Meredith > transitive verb trick,… …
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44chicane — chicaner, n. /shi kayn , chi /, n., v., chicaned, chicaning. n. 1. deception; chicanery. v.t. 2. to trick by chicanery. 3. to quibble over; cavil at. [1665 75; < F chicane (n.), chicaner (v.), perh. < MLG schikken to arrange] * * * …
45chicane — 1. noun a) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially one designed to reduce speed. b) Chicanery. 2. verb …
46bunko — noun bamboozlement, cheating, chicanery, con game, confidence trick, defraudation, double dealing, dupery, ensnarement, flimflam, gyp, hoax, legal chicanery, pettifogging, racket, ruse, skulduggery, supercherie, swindle, trick, victimization,… …
47cunning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craftiness Nouns 1. cunning, craft, craftiness, canniness, wit; gumption; slyness, artifice, art; subtlety, finesse, maneuvering; diplomacy, Machiavellianism, politics; resourcefulness; Jesuitry;… …
48dishonesty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deceit, deception, falsehood, trickery, infidelity, faithlessness, falsity, craft, artifice, duplicity, wiliness, untrustworthiness, insidiousness, cunning, guile, perfidiousness, slyness, perfidy, double dealing,… …
49trickery — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, dupery, fraud, quackery; see deception 1 , dishonesty . See Synonym Study at deception . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. deception, deceit, subterfuge, cheating, fraud, hoax, imposture, delusion, artifice,… …
50Deception — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deception >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deception deception Sgm: N 1 falseness falseness &c. 544 Sgm: N 1 untruth untruth &c. 546 Sgm: N 1 imposition imposition imposture Sgm: N 1 fraud …
