chicanery
Example Sentences
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“The Baron of Wall Street” proclaims that Dillon—not alone in his era—enriched himself through “chicanery, subterfuge, and graft.”
The likelihood, I’m told, of the press moving out increased after Cheung accused us of chicanery.
From Salon
Forever Young was almost the victim of some legal chicanery on Saturday as trainer Chad Brown entered a horse — called a rabbit — with little chance to win so that he could set a fast pace.
From Los Angeles Times
The investor who foresaw the collapse of Enron, he has one of the most sensitive noses for financial chicanery — and the ebbs and flows of investor credulence — in the business.
From Los Angeles Times
Adopting any cat should not require exploiting a connection, a studious application of loopholes and other chicanery.
From Salon
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