Definition of chicanery Chicanery
/ʃɪkejˈnɚi/ - [shikeyneree] - chi•can•er•y
We found 5 definitions of chicanery from 4 different sources.
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What does chicanery mean?
WordNet
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| chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||
| trickery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan | ||
| dissimulation, dissembling, deceit, deception the act of deceiving | ||
| dupery, hoax, fraud, fraudulence, humbug, put-on something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | ||
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Wiktionary 
- chicanery (Noun)
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge. - chicanery (Noun)
A slick performance by a lawyer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chicanery (n.)
Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Part of speech
🔤- chicanery, noun, singular of chicaneries.
