chi·can·er·y (sh -k  n -r , ch-)n. Deception by trickery or sophistry. |
chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ]
n pl -eries
1. verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice
2. a trick, deception, or quibble
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| Noun | 1. |  chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)dupery, hoax, put-on, humbug, fraud, fraudulence - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage jugglery - artful trickery designed to achieve an end; "the senator's tax program was mere jugglery" |
chicanery
noun trickery, cheating, intrigue, deception, artifice, wiles, duplicity, subterfuge, stratagems, double-dealing, skulduggery (informal), sharp practice, sophistry, deviousness, wire-pulling (chiefly U.S.), underhandedness The trial revealed a world of crime, corruption and political chicanery.
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chicanery
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