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chicanery

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Synonyms & Antonyms of chicanery

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end

that candidate only won the election through chicanery

Synonyms for chicanery

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

Words Related to chicanery

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 for chicanery

artlessness,
forthrightness,
guilelessness,
ingenuousness,
sincerity

candidness,
candor,
directness,
openness,
plainness,
plainspokenness

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“Chicanery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicanery. Accessed 6 Jul. 2022.

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The first known use of chicanery was in 1589

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