Chicanery
Chicanery noun - The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them).
Shenanigan is a synonym for chicanery. In some cases you can use "Shenanigan" instead a noun "Chicanery".
Nearby Word: chicane
Shenanigan
Shenanigan noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Usage example: the street-corner huckster of pirated DVDs had all sorts of shenanigans to keep the cops off of his tail
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- device and chicanery
- device and shenanigan
- trick and chicanery
- trick and shenanigan
- deception and chicanery
- deception and shenanigan
- stratagem and chicanery
- stratagem and shenanigan
- maneuver and chicanery
- maneuver and shenanigan
- ruse and chicanery
- ruse and shenanigan
- artifice and chicanery
- artifice and shenanigan
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Shenanigan and Chicanery. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chicanery/shenanigan
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