chicanery
51chic — 1856, from Fr. chic, 19c. in stylishness sense, originally subtlety (16c.), perhaps related to Ger. Schick tact, skill, from M.L.G. schikken arrange appropriately, or M.H.G. schicken to arrange, set in order; or from Fr. chicane, from chicanerie… …
52chicane — in various senses, obstacles on a roadway (20c.), also a term in bridge, apparently all ultimately from an archaic verb chicane to trick (1670s), from Fr. chicaner to pettifog, quibble (15c., see CHICANERY (Cf. chicanery)) …
53chicane — [ʃɪ keɪn] noun 1》 a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor racing track. 2》 dated (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void. 3》 archaic chicanery. verb archaic employ chicanery. Origin C17: from Fr.… …
54chicane — chi•cane [[t]ʃɪˈkeɪn, tʃɪ [/t]] n. v. caned, can•ing 1) chicanery 2) to trick by chicanery • Etymology: 1665–75; < F chicane (n.), chicaner (v.), perh. < MLG schikken to arrange chi•can′er, n …
55deceit — [n1] practice of misleading ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, cozening, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, defrauding, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation …
56chicane — n. chicanery; series of tight bends on motor racing track; hand of cards without trumps v.t. cheat, trick. v.i. use subterfuge. ♦ chicanery, n. use of (especially legal) quibbles, sophistry or subterfuge to deceive; trick, quibble …
57chicane — n. & v. n. 1 chicanery. 2 an artificial barrier or obstacle on a motor racecourse. 3 Bridge a hand without trumps, or without cards of one suit. v. archaic 1 intr. use chicanery. 2 tr. (usu. foll. by into, out of, etc.) cheat (a person).… …
58wiles — n tricks, stratagems, ruses, ploys, devices, contrivances, guile, manoeuvres, subterfuge, cunning, deceit, deception, cheating, trickery, fraud, craftiness, artfulness, chicanery COLLOQ. dodges ≠ guilelessness * * * [plural noun] trickery,… …
59chi|can|er|y — «shih KAY nuhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. 1. low trickery; unfair practice; quibbling: »He used chicanery to outwit his partner and take over the business. SYNONYM(S): pettifogging. 2. a quibble or subterfuge; trick: » …
60ECONOMIC HISTORY — This article is arranged according to the following outline: first temple period exile and restoration second temple period talmudic era muslim middle ages medieval christendom economic doctrines early modern period sephardim and ashkenazim… …
