CHICANERY meaning: Deception or trickery to achieve

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General (27 matching dictionaries)

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chicanery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
chicanery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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chicanery: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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chicanery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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chicanery: Online Etymology Dictionary
chicanery: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Chicanery (Better Call Saul), Chicanery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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chicanery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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chicanery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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chicanery: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (uncountable) Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
▸ noun:  (countable) An individual act of trickery or deception.
▸ noun:  (uncountable, archaic) The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.
▸ noun:  (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

Types:

deception, dishonesty, fraud, trickery, cheating, swindling, mendacity, more...

Phrases:

bit of chicanery, piece of chicanery, more...

Adjectives:

political, legal, such, financial, much, diplomatic, mere, petty, electoral, official, corporate

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