Definition of Chicanery

1. Noun. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

Exact synonyms: Chicane, Guile, Shenanigan, Trickery, Wile
Generic synonyms: Deceit, Deception, Dissembling, Dissimulation
Specialized synonyms: Dupery, Fraud, Fraudulence, Hoax, Humbug, Put-on, Jugglery
Derivative terms: Chicane, Chicane, Trick, Wily

Definition of Chicanery

1. n. Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

Definition of Chicanery

1. Noun. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge. ¹

2. Noun. (countable legal) A slick performance by a lawyer. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chicanery

1. [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicanery

chibouks
chibouque
chibouques
chibs
chic
chica
chicalote
chicalotes
chicana
chicanas
chicane
chicaned
chicaner
chicaneries
chicaners
chicanery (current term)
chicanes
chicaning
chicano
chicanos
chicas
chiccories
chiccory
chicer
chicest
chich
chicha
chicharrones
chichas
chicheme

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