chicanery

chi·ca·nery

noun \-ˈkān-rē, -ˈkā-nə-\

plural chi·ca·ner·ies

Definition of CHICANERY

1

: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery

2

: a piece of sharp practice (as at law) : trick

Examples of CHICANERY

1. He wasn't above using chicanery to win votes.
2. <that candidate only won the election through chicanery>

First Known Use of CHICANERY

1609

Related to CHICANERY

Synonyms: artifice, chicane, trickery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, wile

Related Words: artfulness, caginess (also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wiliness; crookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerity; fakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackery; dirty pool, dirty tricks; design, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth

Near Antonyms: artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity; candidness, candor, directness, openness, plainness, plainspokenness

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