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Definition of chicanery noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

chicanery

noun
 
/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/
 
/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/
[uncountable] (formal)
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  1. the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to trick people
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French chicanerie, from chicaner ‘to quibble’, of unknown origin.
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