chicaneries
Underhanded legal maneuvers
Chicaneries are acts of deception or trickery, especially the use of clever but misleading arguments to achieve an end.
The word carries a tone of elaborate, somewhat petty dishonesty—more scheming than outright fraud: The contract was full of legal chicaneries designed to confuse buyers.
Singular: chicanery.
Intentional criminal trickery
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
- duperyCalculated misleading of another
fakery · imposture · charlatanry · sham · pretense · bamboozlement · flimflam · hoodwinking
Deceptive plan for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- wileDeceptive trick or scheme
- artificeClever deceptive strategy
gambit · subterfuge · machination · maneuver · scheme · intrigue · contrivance · feint
Underhanded quibbling over trivialities
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
- equivocationAmbiguous language avoiding commitment
sophistry · casuistry · technicalities · obfuscation · wrangling · hairsplitting · legalese · circumvention
fraud
Intentional criminal trickery
- hoaxDeliberate deception for effect
- scamDishonest money-making scheme
- swindleDeception for financial gain
dupery · fakery · imposture · charlatanry · sham · pretense · bamboozlement · flimflam · hoodwinking · double-dealing
stratagem
Deceptive plan for advantage
artifice · gambit · subterfuge · machination · maneuver · scheme · intrigue · contrivance · feint · dodge
pettifoggery
Underhanded quibbling over trivialities
- loopholesExploitable ambiguities in rules
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- prevaricationMisleading speech avoiding directness
equivocation · sophistry · casuistry · technicalities · obfuscation · wrangling · hairsplitting · legalese · circumvention · evasion
chicanerieshonesties
States of being truthful
honesty · truthfulness · integrity · fair dealing · straight dealing
chicaneriesfair play
Honorable conduct in games
fair dealing · due process · ethical practices · square dealing · scrupulousness