What is another word for chicaneries?

Pronunciation: [ʃɪkˈe͡ɪnəɹiz] (IPA)

Chicaneries refer to deceptive or tricky behavior. Synonyms for chicaneries include deceit, dishonesty, trickery, duplicity, manipulation, cunning, and guile. These words all reflect the idea of intentionally misleading or deceiving someone. Other synonyms for chicaneries include fraud, deception, subterfuge, artifice, and deception. Many of these words suggest a sense of betrayal or a breach of trust. Those who engage in chicaneries are often viewed negatively, as they are seen as sneaky, deceitful, and untrustworthy. Using any of these words in place of chicaneries can help to emphasize the negative connotations associated with these types of behaviors.

What are the hypernyms for Chicaneries?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Chicaneries

Then, there was the commanding mystery of Bellingham, emerging in her mind now from the chicaneries of the past ten days; rising, indeed, to his own valuation-that of a New Voice.
"She Buildeth Her House"
Will Comfort
At last, after innumerable perils, and various immersements into back passages, and courts, and alleys, which, like the chicaneries of law, preserved and befriended us, in spite of all the efforts of justice, we fairly found ourselves in safety in the midst of a great square.
"Pelham, Complete"
Edward Bulwer-Lytton Last Updated: March 16, 2009
George Friedrich got at length most of his Territories into hand: Anspach and Baireuth unimpaired, Jagerndorf too, except that Ratibor and Oppeln were much eaten into by the Imperial chicaneries in that quarter.
"History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) Frederick The Great--The Hohenzollerns In Brandenburg--1412-1718"
Thomas Carlyle

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