CHICANERY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CHICANERY?

Need another word that means the same as “chicanery”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “chicanery” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Chicanery” are: chicane, guile, shenanigan, trickery, wile, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, legerdemain, sophistry, sharp practice, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, duping

Chicanery as a Noun

Definitions of "Chicanery" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “chicanery” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.
• The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one's purpose.

Synonyms of "Chicanery" as a noun (22 Words)

cheating	A deception for profit to yourself.
chicane	The use of deception chicanery. The Austrian s car flew out of control and spun across the chicane.
deceit	The action or practice of deceiving someone by concealing or misrepresenting the truth. A web of deceit.
deceitfulness	The quality of being crafty.
deception	A thing that deceives. A range of elaborate deceptions.
dishonesty	A fraudulent or deceitful act. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct.
duping	A person who is tricked or swindled.
duplicity	The state of being double. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress.
fraud	A person who makes deceitful pretenses. Prosecutions for social security frauds.
fraudulence	The quality of being fraudulent.
guile	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.
legerdemain	An illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers. A classic piece of management legerdemain.
sharp practice	A long thin sewing needle with a sharp point.
shenanigan	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them.
skulduggery	Underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities. A firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
sophistry	A fallacious argument. Trying to argue that I had benefited in any way from the disaster was pure sophistry.
subterfuge	Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal. I hated all the subterfuges I hated lying to you.
swindling	The act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme.
trickery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. The dealer resorted to trickery.
underhandedness	Secretive or dishonest behaviour. He rules with a combination of threats and underhandedness.
unscrupulousness	The quality of unscrupulous dishonesty.
wile	Devious or cunning stratagems employed in manipulating or persuading someone to do what one wants. She didn t employ any feminine wiles to capture his attention.

Usage Examples of "Chicanery" as a noun

• Storylines packed with political chicanery.

Associations of "Chicanery" (30 Words)

baloney	Foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense. I don t buy it it s all a load of baloney.
beguile	Attract; cause to be enamored. They were beguiled into signing a peace treaty.
betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. The betrayal by the king by his daughter.
cheating	Not faithful to a spouse or lover.
cozen	Obtain by deception. He cozened the money out of the old man.
cunning	Skill in achieving one’s ends by deceit. Plants have evolved cunning defences.
deceit	The quality of being fraudulent. Hypocrisy and deceit were anathema to her.
deceitful	Intended to deceive. Smooth shining and deceitful as thin ice.
deceive	(of a thing) give (someone) a mistaken impression. The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house.
deception	A thing that deceives. A range of elaborate deceptions.
deceptive	Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true. He put the question with deceptive casualness.
delude	Be false to; be dishonest with. Too many theorists have deluded the public.
dishonesty	Deceitfulness shown in someone’s character or behaviour. The dismissal of thirty civil servants for dishonesty and misconduct.
dissimulation	A flock of small birds. An attempt at dissimulation.
duplicity	Deceitfulness. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress.
feint	Any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack. Adam feinted with his right and then swung a left.
fraud	Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain. Prosecutions for social security frauds.
fraudulence	Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage.
guile	Sly or cunning intelligence. He used all his guile and guts to free himself from the muddle he was in.
hoax	Subject to a playful hoax or joke. A hoax 999 call.
hoodwink	Influence by slyness. Staff were hoodwinked into thinking the cucumber was a sawn off shotgun.
humbug	Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage. Poor Dave is easily humbugged.
hypocrite	A hypocritical person. The story tells of respectable Ben who turns out to be a cheat and a hypocrite.
scam	A dishonest scheme; a fraud. A guy that scams old pensioners out of their savings.
skulduggery	Underhand, unscrupulous, or dishonest behaviour or activities. A firm that investigates commercial skulduggery.
sly	Having or showing a cunning and deceitful nature. Sly as a fox.
subterfuge	Deceit used in order to achieve one’s goal. He wasn t sick it was just a subterfuge.
trickery	The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them. The dealer resorted to trickery.
wile	Lure; entice. She could be neither driven nor wiled into the parish kirk.
wily	Skilled at gaining an advantage, especially deceitfully. His wily opponents.