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Definitions for Chicanery
ʃɪˈkeɪ nə ri, tʃɪ-chi·cane·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigannoun
the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Wiktionary
chicanerynoun
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
chicanerynoun
A slick performance by a lawyer.
Etymology: From chicanerie, from chicaner.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Chicanerynoun
Sophistry; mean arts of wrangle.
Etymology: chicanerie, Fr.
His anger at his ill success, caused him to destroy the greatest part of these reports; and only to preserve such as discovered most of the chicanery and futility of the practice. Scriblerus Club , Mart. Scrib.
Wikipedia
Chicanery
Chicanery is an American experimental rock band consisting of Warren Cuccurullo and Neil Carlill. Based in Venice, California, with various members from across the United States and around the world, the focus of the project is to present an alternative musical form that is a psychotic and surreal vision of pop music.
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chicanery
Chicanery is the use of trickery or deceit, particularly in legal or political situations, to achieve one's purpose or to deceive others. It often involves clever but misleading actions or statements intended to manipulate or swindle.
Webster Dictionary
Chicanerynoun
mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Chicanery in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Chicanery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Chicanery in a Sentence
The number of charlatans has increased, and there's a lot more chicanery associated with this whole phenomenon.
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