Synonyms of chicanery

chicanery

noun

shi-ˈkān-rē 

as in deception

the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end

that candidate only won the election through chicanery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• treachery
• skullduggery
• subterfuge
• skulduggery
• deceptiveness
• trickery
• gamesmanship
• jugglery
• artfulness
• secrecy
• legerdemain
• deceit
• cunning
• chicane
• jiggery-pokery
• stealth
• scheming
• hanky-panky
• duplicity
• deceitfulness
• artifice
• plotting
• wile
• underhandedness
• hypocrisy
• dishonesty
• deviousness
• shrewdness
• slyness
• slipperiness
• insincerity
• double-dealing
• sneakiness
• shadiness
• crookedness
• slickness
• craftiness
• shiftiness
• fakery
• quackery
• crookery
• dissimulation
• guile
• humbuggery
• design
• oiliness
• imposture
• wiliness
• caginess
• cageyness
• sharpness
• dupery
• dirty pool
• foxiness
• dirty tricks
• guilefulness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• artlessness
• forthrightness
• ingenuousness
• guilelessness
• candor
• directness
• openness
• plainness
• candidness
• plainspokenness

Examples of chicanery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Little Shell and his followers became a diaspora of people whose names were literally struck from tribal membership rolls as a result of this federal chicanery related to land theft. —Noah Davis, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2024

The buddy-movie bickering in Deadpool & Wolverine parallels current political chicanery — destroying logic, decency, rules. —Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024

That, of course, is classic Trump chicanery: to dangle an outrageous accusation in a Truth Social post, in order to distract voters from focusing on the alleged possession of classified documents in his Florida home. —David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024

Actually getting energy from Jupiter to the Earth will take a little bit of orbital chicanery. —Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024

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