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chicanery

The origin and history of chicanery.

Etymology

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, issue").

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