chicaning

Variant of chicane

chicane definition

chi·cane (s̸hi kān′)

noun

chicanery

Etymology: Fr < chicaner, to pettifog, quibble < MLowG schikken, to arrange, bring about

intransitive verb chicaned -·caned′, chicaning -·can′·ing

to use chicanery

transitive verb

  1. to trick
  2. to get by chicanery

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