chicanery (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *chicanery*:
NOUN	act	chicanery, trickery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan	the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

chicanery > pronunciation
Sounds	shihkey'neriy
Rhymes	accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy...

English > *chicanery*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
Synonyms	trickery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan
Narrower	fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on	Something intended to deceive
Narrower	jugglery	artful trickery designed to achieve an end
Broader	deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation	The act of deceiving / deceiving
Spanish	ardid, argucia, arte, artería, astucia, embaucamiento, engaño, estratagema, farfolla, fullería, picaresca, sofisma, treta
Catalan	ardit, arteria, art, astúcia, engalipada, estratagema, farfolla, sofisma
Verbs	chicane	defeat someone through trickery or deceit

HyperDic: chicanery