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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Recent Examples of chicane
Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The Dutchman pulled off a stunning performance last time out at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, having executed an audacious move on the very first lap, overtaking pole-sitter Oscar Piastri around the outside of the first chicane.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Piastri made some positive progress with Verstappen-style moves at the Tamburello chicane (effectively the Imola track’s first corner).
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As the pair battled for the lead, Verstappen cut across a chicane which the race stewards deemed had given him an unfair advantage.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Yet it is considered to be one of the toughest with its heavy-braking chicanes, hairpins, barriers and of course the infamous ‘Wall of Champions’ located right at the exit of the final chicane.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
The Dutchman pulled off a stunning performance last time out at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, having executed an audacious move on the very first lap, overtaking pole-sitter Oscar Piastri around the outside of the first chicane.
—Yara Elshebiny, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
Piastri made some positive progress with Verstappen-style moves at the Tamburello chicane (effectively the Imola track’s first corner).
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 18 May 2025
As the pair battled for the lead, Verstappen cut across a chicane which the race stewards deemed had given him an unfair advantage.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chicane
Noun
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One is inclined to ask how much chicanery, deceit, deception and outright lying one must absorb before ending one’s allegiance to that party.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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Despite the chicanery, this is a solid deal for a phone that isn’t wildly different from the Pixel 9.—
Janhoi McGregor,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Verb
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Two cars owned by Penske, were forced to start from the back of this year’s Indy 500 because of a cheating scandal.—
Bill Koenig,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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The cheating rumors were intensified online, but what is the truth?—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
29 July 2025
Noun
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And how could Faas have knowingly perpetrated such deception?—
Gary Knight,
Rolling Stone,
1 Aug. 2025
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This campaign of deception from Big Oil and the plastics industry underscores why California’s lawsuit against Exxon is so vital.—
Chelsea Linsley,
Mercury News,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The six-parter, to debut July 14, follows six groups of friends, and six historical cases of murder and treachery among them.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
19 June 2025
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But amid the bloodbaths and treacheries, Westeros still penciled in time for a little romance — some more compelling than others (Jon and Ygritte > Jon and Daenerys).—
Tyler Aquilina,
EW.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the span of a few quarters, impersonation has graduated from trickery to full-spectrum mimicry.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Because the women can’t vote or hold public office, their improvements get implemented through a mixture of trickery and indirection.—
Deborah Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
Noun
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That phonetic play alone already signals one of the project’s theoretical subterfuges: that of exploring the most advanced conditions of the subject’s annihilation as a foundational precondition for artistic authority.—
Benjamin H. D. Buchloh,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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An especially Jewish theme in the seventeenth century was not only the necessity but the dignity of subterfuge; to have lived in the shadows of another people’s empire had a nobility of its own, captured in this exquisite and ambivalent image.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
Noun
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With bathroom breaks, the most infamous incident of a player being accused of gamesmanship was Murray and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece clashing at the 2021 U.S. Open.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Until then, both sides have injected a degree of gamesmanship into the final round of talks, with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) pledging to hold a vote this week in spite of the Democratic opposition.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
6 May 2025
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From encounters with mermaids, the devil and even Robin Hood to themes of superstition and skulduggery, these short tales are perfect escapism to dip in and out of during your summer vacation.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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This year the skulduggery began early and has been raging for week.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Chicane.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chicane. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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