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chicanery

chi·ca·nery

US/ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/ uncommon archaic

noun

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the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

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From French chicanerie (“trickery”), from chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, borrowed from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-West Germanic *skikkijan (“to order, arrange”). Related to German schicken (“to send, ship”), Middle English skekken (“to send forth, issue”).

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