as in deception
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
that candidate only won the election through chicanery
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Recent Examples of chicanery
In light of the chicanery that happens in the episode, the phrase also suggests a bit of victim-blaming for the harvesting of personal data.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
This sort of chicanery is rare, but revealing.
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George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
That said, there are plenty of reasons — none involving any kind of partisan chicanery — that explain why California elections seems to drag on and vote totals shift as ballots are steadily counted.
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Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
That said, there are plenty of reasons — none involving any kind of partisan chicanery — that explain why California elections seems to drag on and vote totals shift as ballots are steadily counted.
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Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for chicanery
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
This sort of chicanery is rare, but revealing.
—
George Liebmann,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Apr. 2026
That said, there are plenty of reasons — none involving any kind of partisan chicanery — that explain why California elections seems to drag on and vote totals shift as ballots are steadily counted.
—
Mark Z. Barabak,
Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2026
That said, there are plenty of reasons — none involving any kind of partisan chicanery — that explain why California elections seems to drag on and vote totals shift as ballots are steadily counted.
—
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chicanery
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So, that's a kind of deception.
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The county argues the grand jury fundamentally misunderstood what happened before the explosion, saying its investigation relied on speculation instead of evidence and wrongly blamed county officials for a criminal enterprise prosecutors say was built on years of deception.
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Peacock’s adventures in treachery The Traitors was the top dog, scoring five prizes including Best Competition Series and Best Host for Alan Cumming.
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Upon learning of Ava’s treachery, Deborah HOWLS.
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The Blacks’ defeat would be certain if not for dragons and subterfuge.
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There is a long history of subterfuge at World Cups — a long history of sharing injury information that isn’t exactly transparent or even accurate.
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Once there, a combination of Messi’s genius, goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez’s larger-than-life performances, a well-balanced team, and — it must be said — some unsavoury moments of skullduggery by several players, helped Argentina battle their way to the final against defending champions France.
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For this skullduggery-stopping potential, the city paid $67,548, which is in the rough ballpark as what your average cop probably makes annually.
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Now, though, summer in the south is so brutal that centuries of architectural trickery is being outmatched, and in the north, houses designed to retain heat during the winter have become furnaces in sweltering summers.
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There's no shame, no trickery—just relief and a chance to rebuild your financial stability.
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Of course, the retort is that this would be irritating and exasperating to be continually deluged with alerts about AI deceptiveness.
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Beyond the deceptiveness of the narrow material view, spiritual light and hope are always present to be found and felt.
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Brown didn’t sound that crazy after Game 3, and certainly there was some of that old Pat Riley-Phil Jackson gamesmanship in his remarks, trying to get an extra whistle in Game 4.
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Gerry was not alone among the Founders in opposing such political gamesmanship.
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All of this shone vividly through his work, which shared his joy, artfulness and deep feeling, and most of all privileged human experience and social interaction.
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Mike Bowman, designer, furniture industry expert, and director of marketing for Harmonia Living, says this trend relies on furnishings to bring artfulness to a space—rather than just functionality.
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“Chicanery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicanery. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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