- Noun: Chicanery
- deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry
- a piece of sharp practice (as at law)
-
a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.
- Synonyms:
- trickery
- deception
- deceit
- deceitfulness
- duplicity
- dishonesty
- deviousness
- unscrupulousness
- underhandedness
- subterfuge
- fraud
- fraudulence
- swindling
- cheating
- duping
- hoodwinking;
- Usage:
- It was only by chicanery in the Supreme Court that Bush became President.
- Encountered:
- A news story somewhere…
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