You think this chicanery is bad?
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Chicanery
//ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "chicanery" (145 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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26 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- уловка noun (deception by use of trickery)
Czech
2 entries- podvod noun (deception by use of trickery)
- podvrh noun (deception by use of trickery)
Dutch
4 entries- chikane noun (deception by use of trickery)
- drogreden noun (deception by use of trickery)
- gechicaneer noun (deception by use of trickery)
- sofisme noun (deception by use of trickery)
Finnish
4 entries- epärehellisyys noun (deception by use of trickery)
- petkutus noun (deception by use of trickery)
- petos noun (deception by use of trickery)
- šikaani noun (A slick performance by a lawyer)
Georgian
2 entries- თაღლითობა noun (deception by use of trickery)
- ხრიკიანობა noun (deception by use of trickery)
German
2 entries- Täuschung f Schikane noun (deception by use of trickery)
- Täuschungsmanöver noun (deception by use of trickery)
Irish
1 entries- aisiléireacht noun (deception by use of trickery)
Latin
1 entries- calumnia noun (deception by use of trickery)
Polish
2 entries- krętactwo noun (deception by use of trickery)
- matactwo noun (deception by use of trickery)
Portuguese
1 entries- chicana noun (A slick performance by a lawyer)
Russian
2 entries- крючкотворство noun (A slick performance by a lawyer)
- уло́вка noun (deception by use of trickery)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- prevara noun (deception by use of trickery)
Spanish
2 entries- chicana noun (A slick performance by a lawyer)
- triquiñuela noun (A slick performance by a lawyer)
Sample 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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