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chicanery (noun)

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  • chicanery — ► NOUN ▪ the use of trickery to achieve one s purpose …   English terms dictionary

  • chicanery — noun (U) formal the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people: The legal system got to the truth and settled cases fairly and without chicanery …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • chicanery — noun we didn t catch on to his chicanery until it was too late Syn: trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, deviousness, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, swindling, cheating, duping,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • chicanery — noun (plural neries) Date: 1609 1. deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry ; trickery 2. a piece of sharp practice (as at law) ; trick …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • chicanery — noun /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɹ.i,ʃɪˈkeɪ.nə.ɹi/ a) Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge. b) A slick performance by a lawyer. Syn: dishonesty, fraud, trickery …   Wiktionary

  • chicanery — noun the use of trickery to achieve one s purpose …   English new terms dictionary

  • chicanery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trickery (See deception, cunning). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deception, trickery, sophistry, cheating; see deception 1 , dishonesty . See Synonym Study at deception . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …   English dictionary for students

  • chicanery — chi|can|er|y [ ʃı keınəri ] noun uncount FORMAL the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • chicanery — UK [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters …   English dictionary

  • chicanery — /ʃəˈkeɪnəri / (say shuh kaynuhree) noun (plural chicaneries) 1. legal trickery, quibbling, or sophistry. 2. a quibble or subterfuge …  

  • dirt — noun Etymology: Middle English drit, from Old Norse; akin to Old English drītan to defecate Date: 13th century 1. a. excrement b. a filthy or soiling substance (as mud, dust, or grime) c. archaic somethi …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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