chicanery
[noun]
Synonyms: deception, chicane, dishonesty, double-dealing, fourberie, fraud, hanky-panky, highbinding, sharp practice, trickery

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Contrasted words: forthrightness, straightforwardness, honesty, honor, integrity, probity
Related Words: intrigue, machination, plot, furtiveness, surreptitiousness, underhandedness

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chi‧ca‧ne‧ry /ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/ noun [uncountable] formal
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: chicanerie, from chicaner 'to cheat, deceive']
the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people:
Clearly there is some chicanery going on.

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