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A Word A Day : Chicanery
Wednesday, 31st October 2007 : Today's Word is ...
Chicanery
Pronunciation : shi-káy-ne-ree
1. Deception by trickery or sophistry
2. Lack of straightforwardness and honesty in action
3. Legal trickery or false argument, especially by the clever manipulation of language
Origin unknown
Trickery, Deception, Craft, Craftiness, Deviousness, Dishonesty, Indirection, Shadiness, Shiftiness, Slyness, Sneakiness, Trickiness, Underhandedness, Wile, Shenanigan, Chicane, Guile, Dissimulation, Deception, Dissembling, Deceit, Dupery, Hoax, Put-On, Humbug, Fraud, Fraudulence
Honesty, Rectitude, Forthrightness, Truthfulness
• The governor was accused of chicanery when the law passed.
1. Chicaneries : Plural
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