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chicanery

[ shi-key-nuh-ree, chi- ]

noun

plural chicaneries.
  1. trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry:

    He resorted to the worst flattery and chicanery to win the job.

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  2. a quibble or subterfuge used to trick, deceive, or evade.

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chicanery

/ ʃɪˈ°ì±ðɪ²ÔÉ™°ùɪ /

noun

  1. verbal deception or trickery, esp in legal quibbling; dishonest or sharp practice
  2. a trick, deception, or quibble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chicanery1

From the French word chicanerie, dating back to 1605–15. See chicane, -ery
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In retrospect, the “Conor†moment in the Oval Office on March 12 looks like a set-up — or, more to the point, like a devious and especially petty work of MAGA-world chicanery.

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Predictably, House Speaker Mike Johnson chimed in with his own false election claims, asserting that Republicans lost three California House seats in November because of vote-counting chicanery.

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Adopting any cat should not require exploiting a connection, a studious application of loopholes and other chicanery.

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Politicians had to "stop insulting your intelligence with the chicanery of easy answers, when that is exactly how we got into this mess in the first place", he said.

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Somehow the easy ones were allegations of Russian collusion somehow related to Hunter Biden's laptop and supposed ballot box chicanery.

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