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    [Noun]  | "chi*ca*nery" | \ shi-ˈkā-nə-rē \


    1: deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery

    2: a piece of sharp practice (as at law) : trick


    Origin: 1589 ;

     Borrowed from French chicanerie "quibbling on minor points of law brought up to complicate a judicial case," going back to Middle French chiquanerie, from chicaner "to dispute by means of quibbles," earlier "to sue, prosecute" + -erie {see: |-ery|-ery} {mat|chicane:1|};

      * Note : Randle Cotgrave's French-English dictionary (1611) defines chicanerie as "wrangling, pettifogging; litigious, or craftie pleading; the perplexing of a cause with trickes; or the pestering thereof with (subtile, but) impertinent words.";

    [Noun]  | "chicanery" 


    1: the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end;


      * e.g., " ... that candidate only won the election through chicanery "



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     [ "Chicanery" ]

    1: What you accuse your brother of when you find out he hid a battery in your coat.

      * e.g.,  ... Jimmy pulled this chicanery! He defecated through a sunroof! 

     [ "Chicanery" ]

    1: The use of deceptive or underhanded tactics. May also describe the act of defecating through a sunroof

      * e.g.,  ... " You think this is something? You think this is bad? This, this chicanery? He's done worse. 

     [ "Chicanery" ]

    1: Better Call Saul or Breaking Bad media is known as 'Chicanery'

      * e.g.,  ... I am not crazy! I know he swapped those numbers. I knew it was 1216. One after Magna Carta. As if I could ever make such a mistake. Never. Never! I just - I just couldn't prove it. He covered his tracks, he got that idiot at the copy shop to lie for him. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard! Are you telling me that a man just happens to fall like that? No! *He* orchestrated it! Jimmy! He *defecated* through a *sunroof*! And I saved him! And I shouldn't have. I took him into my own firm! What was I *thinking*? He'll never change. He'll *never* change! Ever since he was 9, *always* the same! Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer! But not our Jimmy! Couldn't be precious *Jimmy*! Stealing them blind! And *HE* gets to be a lawyer? What a sick joke! I should've stopped him when I had the chance! 


     [ "Chicanery" ]

    2: The actual word means lies or deception

     [ "chicanery" ]

    1: Deception by trickery or sophistry.

      * e.g.,  ... The Bush Administration is now the commander-in-theif (lower-case intentional) thanks to their chicanery. 


     [ "chicanery" ]

    2: A trick; a subterfuge.


     [ "chicanery" ]

    3: Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.


     [ "chicanery" ]

    4: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

     [ "chicanery" ]

    1: it's a place where Chicanos (mexican-americans) go to school to learn trades.

      * e.g.,  ... he went to a chicanery and learned how to fix cars. 

     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    1: Hybrid term melding "shabby chic" and "chicanery."

      * e.g.,  ... Another broke down La-Z-Boy? Enough with the shabby chicanery, already. 


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    2: shabby chic:


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    3: a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    4: chicanery:


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    5: trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    6: Shabby chicanery:


     [ "shabby chicanery" ]

    7: Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.

     [ "Bullshit - Chicanery" ]

    1: An act of deception that is attended to mislead or trick an individual.

      * e.g.,  ... Professor Davis's test was Bullshit - Chicanery, not of the students pass. 

     [ "Chicanery" ]

    1: the yapping of jude. Chuck: You think this is something- you think this is bad? This, this chicanery? He's done worse. That billboard. Are you telling me a man just happens to fall like that? No, he orchestrated it! Jimmy! He defecated through a sunroof, and I saved him! I shouldn't have, I took him into my own firm! What was I thinking? He'll never change. He'll never change! Ever since he was nine, always the same. Couldn't keep his hands out of the cash drawer. "But not our Jimmy, couldn't be precious Jimmy!" Stealing them blind! And he gets to be a lawyer? What a sick joke! I should have stopped him when I had the chance. And you- you have to stop him, you...

      * e.g.,  ... STOP THE CHICANERY 

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