as in chicanery
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end
most get-rich-quick schemes involve more than a smidgen of chicane
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as in to cheat
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
a lawyer who is so notorious for chicaning that the guilty invariably seek his services
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Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
The IndyCar field is yet to make it through the track’s starting chicane in Turns 1-3 intact in the three races since the series returned to Portland International Raceway in 2018.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022
For Sunday, IndyCar moved the acceleration zone back to the exit of Turn 12 to try and spread the field out for that tight left-hander that leads into a quick three-turn chicane.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
The second is a chicane or a diversion.
—Curbed, 21 Dec. 2022
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With a course nearly entirely full of 90-degree turns, minus one chicane and one hairpin, drivers had initially eyed the end of the long straightaway down Jefferson Avenue (between Turns 2 and 3) to be Detroit’s lone reliable passing zone.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 3 June 2023
The IndyCar field is yet to make it through the track’s starting chicane in Turns 1-3 intact in the three races since the series returned to Portland International Raceway in 2018.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022
For Sunday, IndyCar moved the acceleration zone back to the exit of Turn 12 to try and spread the field out for that tight left-hander that leads into a quick three-turn chicane.
—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
The second is a chicane or a diversion.
—Curbed, 21 Dec. 2022
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“Chicane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicane. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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