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chi⋅can⋅er⋅y
[shi-key-nuh-ree, chi-] 
nə
–noun, plural -er⋅ies.
| 1. | trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry: He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job. |
| 2. | a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade. |
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| chi·can·er·y (shĭ-kā'nə-rē, chĭ-) n. Deception by trickery or sophistry. |
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Chicanery
Chi*can"er*y\, n. [F. chicanerie.] Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. --Hallam. Syn: Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
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chicanery
1609, from Fr. chicanerie "trickery," from M.Fr. chicaner "to pettifog, quibble," perhaps from M.L.G. schikken "to arrange, bring about," or from the name of a golf-like game once played in Languedoc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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