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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