chicanery
5 synonyms and 4 antonyms for chicanery, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Dishonest behaviour that relies on tricks or misleading arguments.
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Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
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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, i...
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