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chicanery

4 antonyms for chicanery — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — Dishonest behaviour that relies on tricks or misleading arguments.

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Comes from French chicanerie ("trickery"), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, which was borrowed from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan ("to order, arrange"). It is related to German schicken ("to send, ship") and Middle English skekken ("to send forth, i...

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