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Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: chicanerie, from chicaner 'to cheat, deceive'

chicanery

 noun
     
chi‧ca‧ne‧ry [uncountable] formal
the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people:
Clearly there is some chicanery going on.
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