chicanery
Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfugeDeception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
Täuschung f Schikane, Täuschungsmanöver
уло́вкаulóvka
(countable)An individual act of trickery or deception.
(archaic, uncountable)The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.
крючкотворствоkrjučkotvorstvo
- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
Examples
3 sentencesYou 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.
Translations
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Origin
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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Forms
plural: chicaneries| Singular | chicanery |
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Synonyms
9 synonyms- the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them):trickerychicaneguilewileshenanigan
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable