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1. (n.) chicanery
the use of sly or evasive language, reasoning, etc. to trick or deceive.
2. chicanery
a tricky or deceitful maneuver; subterfuge.
Etymology: (1605–15; < F chicanerie)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) chicanery
mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry
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