legal chicanery

legal chicanery
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  • chicanery — index artifice, bunko, collusion, connivance, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, evasion, false pretense …   Law dictionary

  • chicanery — [shi kān′ər ē] n. pl. chicaneries [Fr chicanerie < CHICANE] 1. the use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings 2. an instance of this SYN. DECEPTION …   English World dictionary

  • chicanery — noun (U) formal the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people: The legal system got to the truth and settled cases fairly and without chicanery …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • chicanery — chi|can|er|y [ ʃı keınəri ] noun uncount FORMAL the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • chicanery — UK [ʃɪˈkeɪnərɪ] / US noun [uncountable] formal the use of clever, unfair, or dishonest methods to trick people, especially in legal matters …   English dictionary

  • chicanery — /ʃəˈkeɪnəri / (say shuh kaynuhree) noun (plural chicaneries) 1. legal trickery, quibbling, or sophistry. 2. a quibble or subterfuge …  

  • practice chicanery — index cheat, circumvent, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, illude, profess (pretend) …   Law dictionary

  • ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction       the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …   Universalium

  • bunko — noun bamboozlement, cheating, chicanery, con game, confidence trick, defraudation, double dealing, dupery, ensnarement, flimflam, gyp, hoax, legal chicanery, pettifogging, racket, ruse, skulduggery, supercherie, swindle, trick, victimization,… …   Law dictionary

  • chi|can|er|y — «shih KAY nuhr ee», noun, plural er|ies. 1. low trickery; unfair practice; quibbling: »He used chicanery to outwit his partner and take over the business. SYNONYM(S): pettifogging. 2. a quibble or subterfuge; trick: » …   Useful english dictionary

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