noun
chicanery
Chicanery (noun) means Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
noun
1
Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
2
An individual act of trickery or deception.
3
The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.
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Etymology
From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, borrowed from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, arrange”). Related to German schicken (“to send, ship”), Middle English skekken (“to send forth, issue”).
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What is the meaning of chicanery?
"chicanery" (noun) means deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
What are the different meanings of chicanery?
"chicanery" has 3 main meanings: 1. Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge; 2. An individual act of trickery or deception; 3. The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.