chicanery

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Definition of chicanery in English Turkish dictionary

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Definition of chicanery in English English dictionary

Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge

A slick performance by a lawyer

{n} sophistry, cunning

Trickery; clever but misleading talk; deception

Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. = trickery. the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people (chicanerie, from chicaner )

Chicanery (shî-kâ´ne-rê) noun 1 Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry

{i} plotting, scheming

Trickery via quibbling and distraction

Deception by use of trickery

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry

n 1) Deceptive trickery Good times 2) Jackassery; Skullduggery; Tomfoolery [Fr ÒchicanerieÓ] She was so innoyed with their constant chicanery, she screamed the ultimate vulgarity: ÒBoo you Ó

chicane

Hyphenation

chi·can·e·ry

Turkish pronunciation

şîkeynıri

Synonyms

dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge, artifice, cheating, chicane, deviousness, dodge, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicity, feint, fourberie, furtiveness

Antonyms

forthrightness, honesty, truthfulness

Pronunciation

/sʜəˈkānərē/ /ʃɪˈkeɪnɜriː/

Etymology

() From French chicanerie (“trickery”) from chicaner.