Associations to the word «Chicanery»

Wiktionary

CHICANERY, noun. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
CHICANERY, noun. (countable) (legal) A slick performance by a lawyer.

Dictionary definition

CHICANERY, noun. The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).

Wise words

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Hippocrates