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chicane

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chi⋅cane

  [shi-keyn, chi-] noun, verb, -caned, -can⋅ing.
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–noun
1. deception; chicanery.
–verb (used with object)
2. to trick by chicanery.
3. to quibble over; cavil at.
Origin:
1665–75; < F chicane (n.), chicaner (v.), perh. < MLG schikken to arrange

Related forms:
chi⋅can⋅er, noun
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chi·cane   (shĭ-kān', chĭ-)   
v.   chi·caned, chi·can·ing, chi·canes

v.   intr.
To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery.
v.   tr.
To trick; deceive.
n.  

  1. Chicanery.

  2. Games A bridge or whist hand without trumps.


[French chicaner, from Old French, to quibble.]
chi·can'er n.
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