You think this chicanery is bad?
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Chicanery
/ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/
Synonyms for "chicanery" (150 found)
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deceitdeceptiondecoydegradationdelusiondesigndevicedeviousnessdirty dealdirty trickdishonestydodgedodgerydodgingdouble dealingdouble-dealingduplicityequivocationevasionexpedient
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jokerjugglejuggleryknaveryknavishnesslittle gamelogic choppinglogic-choppingmachinationmaneuvermoral turpitudemovenit pickingnit-pickingpalteringparryingpasspettifoggerypettifoggingplot
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ployprevaricationpussyfootingquibblingracketrascalityrascalryred herringreprobacyrogueryroguishnessrusescampishnessschemescoundrelismscurvy tricksharp practiceshiftshiftingshufflingsidesteppingskulduggerysleightsleight of handsleight-of-hand tricksnaresophistrystratagemstrategysubterfugesupercheriesurreptitiousnessswindletactictergiversationtrichoschistismtricktrickeryturpitudeunderhand dealingunderhandednessvilenessvillainousnessvillainywilewily device
Noun(9 words)
linguistic trickerymachinationquibbleshenaniganskullduggerysophistryspecious reasoningsubterfugewile
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7 entriesbureaucratic chicaneryfinancial chicanerylegal chicanerylegalistic loopholelinguistic misdirectionpolitical chicaneryprocedural subterfuge
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5 entriesbureaucratic chicanerycorporate chicaneryfinancial chicanerylegal chicanerypolitical chicanery
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2 entriesSample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Nature had gifted Defoe with untiring energy, a keen taste for public affairs, and a special aptitude for chicanery and intrigue.
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Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
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They do not always find manors, got by rapine or chicanery, insensibly to melt away, as the poets will have it; or that all gold glides, like thawing snow, from the thief’s hand that grasps it.
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