MOUNTEBANKERY Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

mountebankery

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Noun

But both parties increasingly justify the chicanery, because the stakes of winning elections and keeping power are simply too high.

— S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
There’s a tremendous amount of financial chicanery that goes on in 2026.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 11 June 2026

Definition of chicanery

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Football is all about engaño (trickery) — looking one way and passing the other, feinting to go left and swiftly moving right, manipulating the opposition and tricking them to open up those little spaces.

— Xavi, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Marc Cucurella and Pedro Porro have stretched defenses from the flanks, while Lamine Yamal has confused them with his trickery.

— Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 July 2026

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Those gathering for the lying in state and funeral will contrast with huge nationwide protests in January that were met by a deadly crackdown by security forces that left thousands dead and sent shock waves around the world.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 3 July 2026
What better time than the summer of the nation’s 250th anniversary of independence to reflect on how Trump’s years of lying have corroded the citizenry’s essential belief in the integrity of elections?

— Jackie Calmes, Mercury News, 19 June 2026

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Few would begrudge Paraguay this recognition, but the skullduggery did produce eye-rolls and requires stronger officiating.

— Adam Crafton, New York Times, 5 July 2026
For this skullduggery-stopping potential, the city paid $67,548, which is in the rough ballpark as what your average cop probably makes annually.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 17 June 2026

Definition of skulduggery

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Instead, energy must be saved a bit for the run from Blanchimont to the Bus Stop chicane toward the end of the lap.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 15 July 2026
The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of chicane

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