Chicanery

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Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. - Hallam.

Noun

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chicanery - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) Synonyms: wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane, guile

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