as in cheating
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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When doing that, they‘ve made it to the World Series once, losing to the cheating Houston Astros.—
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Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2026 -
Ilia Malinin was at the center of a cheating scandal where fans accused another figure skater, Gracie Gold, of cheating on her boyfriend, Nam Nguyen.—
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“Chicaning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicaning. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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