英语词汇“chicanery”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

chicanery

/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri

noun [mass noun]

The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose: storylines packed with political chicanery...

Set aside the usual circus ring tricks of political chicanery.
The managers hope that, through chicanery and fraud, they could save the dollar from sudden death.
Lies, fraud, chicanery and self indulgence are endemic in society today - or am I being presumptuous?

Synonyms

trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, legerdemain, sophistry, sharp practice, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, duping, hoodwinking;

deviousness, guile, intrigue, craft, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, wiles;

misleading talk

informal crookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam

British informal jiggery-pokery

North American informal monkeyshines

Irish informal codology

archaic management, knavery

Origin

Late 16th century: from French chicanerie, from chicaner 'to quibble' (see chicane).

单词	chicanery
释义	chicanery /ʃɪˈkeɪnəri / noun [mass noun] The use of deception or subterfuge to achieve one’s purpose: storylines packed with political chicanery... Set aside the usual circus ring tricks of political chicanery. The managers hope that, through chicanery and fraud, they could save the dollar from sudden death. Lies, fraud, chicanery and self indulgence are endemic in society today - or am I being presumptuous? Synonyms trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, legerdemain, sophistry, sharp practice, skulduggery, swindling, cheating, duping, hoodwinking; deviousness, guile, intrigue, craft, craftiness, artfulness, slyness, wiles; misleading talk informal crookedness, monkey business, funny business, hanky-panky, shenanigans, flimflam British informal jiggery-pokery North American informal monkeyshines Irish informal codology archaic management, knavery Origin Late 16th century: from French chicanerie, from chicaner 'to quibble' (see chicane).
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