chicanery
Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfugeDeception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
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Значение
значений: 3(неисчисляемое)Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
Täuschung f Schikane, Täuschungsmanöver
уло́вкаulóvka
(исчисляемое)An individual act of trickery or deception.
(архаичное, неисчисляемое)The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.
крючкотворствоkrjučkotvorstvo
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Примеры
предложений: 3You think this chicanery is bad?
Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
Nature had gifted Defoe with untiring energy, a keen taste for public affairs, and a special aptitude for chicanery and intrigue.
Переводы
языков: 5По значениям 2
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, borrowedFrom French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, borrowed from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, arrange”).
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Формы
мн. число: chicaneries| Ед. число | chicanery |
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правильный
Синонимы
синонимов: 9- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them):trickerychicaneguilewileshenanigan
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 2Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым