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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Chicanery

/shĭk-ān'-ẽr-ē/ · Chi·can·er·y · IPA /ʃɪˈkeɪn(ə)ɹi/
01 n. Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
  1. 1.
    Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
    “Irritated by perpetual chicanery.” Hallam.