noun
- the use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive or trick someone
Usage: formal
Examples
- The politician was accused of financial chicanery during the campaign.
- Legal chicanery allowed the company to avoid paying taxes.
- She saw through his chicanery and refused to sign the contract.
- The audit revealed years of accounting chicanery.
- His business success was built on chicanery rather than honest work.
- The lawyer’s chicanery in court backfired when the judge caught on.