English Explanatory Dictionary

chicanery

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
  2. An individual act of trickery or deception.
  3. The quality of being inclined to trickery or deceitfulness.

Pronunciation

/ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/ en-us-chicanery.ogg /ʃɪˈkæɪn(ə)ɹi/

Word forms

chicanery chicaneries

Etymology

From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, borrowed from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, arrange”). Related to German schicken (“to send, ship”), Middle English skekken (“to send forth, issue”).

Synonyms

dishonesty fakery fraud trickery subterfuge

Related words

chicane Philadelphia lawyer

Derived words

chicanerous
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