Define Chicanery Meaning

Chicanery
Deception by trickery or sophistry.
A trick; a subterfuge.

Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

The Bush Administration is now the commander-in-theif (lower-case intentional) thanks to their chicanery.
By Alisa
Chicanery
it's a place where Chicanos (mexican-americans) go to school to learn trades.

he went to a chicanery and learned how to fix cars.
By Shena
Chicanery
What you accuse your brother of when you find out he hid a battery in your coat.

Jimmy pulled this chicanery! He defecated through a sunroof!
By Robyn
Shabby Chicanery
Hybrid term melding "shabby chic" and "chicanery."

shabby chic:
a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect

chicanery:
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry

Shabby chicanery:
Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.

Another broke down La-Z-Boy? Enough with the shabby chicanery, already.
By Sharron
Bullshit - Chicanery
An act of deception that is attended to mislead or trick an individual.

Professor Davis's test was Bullshit - Chicanery, not of the students pass.
By Carolin