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chi·can·er·y
 chicanery
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- pronunciation:
- shih
keI
n
ri
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noun |
| inflections: |
chicaneries |
| definition 1: |
deception by clever or cunning means.
The elderly couple were taken in by the chicanery of the underhanded salesman.The high school principal was on guard for any chicanery the students might attempt.- synonyms:
- guile, wiliness
- similar words:
- cunning, deceit, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, fraud, monkey business, treachery, trickery
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| definition 2: |
a trick.
- synonyms:
- artifice, hoax, ruse, stratagem, trick
- similar words:
- cheat, deceit, deception, fraud
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| related words: |
craft, trick |
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