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Meanings of
chicanery
in inglês
português
astúcia
catalão
engalipada
espanhol
astucia
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The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
guile
trickery
wile
chicane
shenanigan
português
astúcia
Usage of
chicanery
in inglês
1
The suit proceeded with all the languor and
chicanery
of the period.
2
It was six weeks of
chicanery
,
drinking, prostitution, deal-making, vote-peddling, and corruption.
3
The organized workers not only distrust the politician but detest political
chicanery
.
4
Or would you say that subtlety,
chicanery
,
trickery, were here at work?
5
Else why this double dealing, this deceit, this
chicanery
,
these hollow professions?
6
Still less so in cases of knowledge gained by
chicanery
,
thefting.
7
Had to ask him about Ilona and Lothar and the
chicanery
in Leipzig.
8
Madame doesn't hold with such
chicanery
,
but I know there's them that do.
9
They were constituted of such inferior clay that the veriest
chicanery
fooled them.
10
Then he disclosed to her the whole
chicanery
of Mr. Oxford.
11
Both are truly gained, not by
chicanery
,
but by personal force.
12
As for your tricks of
chicanery
,
I want none of them.
13
A perfectly fake president could be political
chicanery
or high-production-quality satire.
14
Okay, so we've identified the
chicanery
of Barack Obama and his Zombie-inducing surrogates.
15
What do you mean by bringing up
chicanery
of this sort?
16
There won't be any litigation and
chicanery
to help you out, young man.
Other examples for "chicanery"
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About this term
chicanery
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
political chicanery
such chicanery
diplomatic chicanery
electoral chicanery
legal chicanery
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Translations for
chicanery
português
astúcia
artimanha
catalão
engalipada
art
estratagema
ardit
astúcia
sofisma
farfolla
arteria
espanhol
astucia
arte
Chicanery
through the time
Chicanery
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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