Definition of Chicanery

the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose

Examples of Chicanery in a sentence

Let us expose that business for its financial chicanery and reveal how they waste our tax dollars.  🔊

That republican is up to his old chicanery, blaming all democrats for the recession.  🔊

Our city council is full of chicanery, telling citizens a tax increase is now necessary though this wasn't the case 2 weeks ago.  🔊

People don't trust you because of your chicanery.  🔊

You can smell the chicanery from a dishonest politician.  🔊

Instead of dealing with my lawyer's chicanery, I will hire another.  🔊

Instead of being truthful on his campaign for sheriff, he resorted to chicanery.  🔊

Rod Blagojevich, who tried to sell his senate seat, is a man of chicanery.  🔊

Stop with the chicanery and be honest with your people, Governor!  🔊

A lawyer unfairly charging his clients is pure chicanery.  🔊

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