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chi·can·ery [ʃɪˈkeɪnəri] N no pl pej

chicanery
chicanery (political)

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English
Fights could also end if broken up beforehand by crowd riot, police interference or chicanery, or if both men were willing to accept that the contest was a draw.
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These problems are then once again resolved by the back door by means of bureaucratic chicanery, and they are not resolved for good: these are pseudo-solutions.
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But there should be no kind of chicanery or flat-rate payments made when the travel expenses are claimed later.
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Furthermore, elections were generally free of chicanery, engendering pride in the national parliament.
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Fences also often use chicanery to pad their profits by duping thieves (especially small-time thieves) about quality, quantity, and price.
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Oh, but what did we, the voters, get out of this tidbit of chicanery?
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Speaking of which, all of this aero chicanery creates 617 pounds of downforce at 124 mph and 1389 pounds at 186 mph.
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Legal chicanery and trickery have played a significant part in this.
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From the profession of law, after a short trial, he recoiled in disgust, complaining bitterly of the amount of chicanery which passed under the name of law and justice.
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She was left with nothing of her father's inheritance after being swindled out of it by the chicanery of the law.
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