chicanery

WOTD - 3 June 2008    

English

Etymology

From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nɹ.i/, SAMPA: /SI"keI.n@r.I/
• (US) IPA: /ʃɪˈkeɪ.nə.ɹi/

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Noun

chicanery (countable and uncountable; plural chicaneries)

1. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
2. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

Translations

deception by use of trickery

Finnish: petos (fi), petkutus (fi), epärehellisyys (fi) German: Täuschung (de) f. Schikane (de) f., Täuschungsmanöver (de) n.

Polish: krętactwo n., matactwo n. Russian: уловка (ru) f.

A slick performance by a lawyer

Russian: крючкотворство (ru) n.

Synonyms

• (deception): dishonesty, fraud, trickery, subterfuge

See also

• (performance by a lawyer): Philadelphia lawyer