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(Entry 1 of 2)
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
- most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane
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- artfulness,
- caginess
- (also cageyness),
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- deviousness,
- foxiness,
- oiliness,
- shadiness,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- slickness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- treachery,
- underhandedness,
- wiliness
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chicane
verbSynonyms of chicane (Entry 2 of 2)
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
- a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services
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The first known use of chicane was circa 1671
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