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CHICANERY
trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
(noun) the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
chicanery (countable and uncountable, plural chicaneries)
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
(countable, legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.
Synonyms
• (deception): dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge
Source: Wiktionary
Chi*can"er*y, n. Etym: [F. chicanerie.]
Definition: Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.
Syn.
– Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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