chicanery

chi·can·er·y  (sh-kn-r, ch-)

n.

Deception by trickery or sophistry.

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chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ]

n pl -eries

1. verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice

2. a trick, deception, or quibble

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane, guile dissimulation, deception, dissembling, deceit - the act of deceiving 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"

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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.

Translations

chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ] N → embustes mpl, sofismas mpl
a piece of chicanery → una triquiñuela

chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnəri] n (formal) (= trickery) [political, financial] → chicane f

chicanery

n (= trickery) → Machenschaften pl; (legal) → Winkelzüge pl

chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ] n (frm) → cavillo

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chicanery [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ] n (frm) → cavillo