chicanery
noun/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/
/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/
[uncountable] (formal)- the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to trick peopleWord Originlate 16th cent.: from French chicanerie, from chicaner ‘to quibble’, of unknown origin.
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