All chicane synonyms
chiΒ·cane
C c noun chicane
- trickery β the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- bait β Bait is food which you put on a hook or in a trap in order to catch fish or animals.
- blackmail β Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- misrepresentation β to represent incorrectly, improperly, or falsely.
- stunt β to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- shell game β a sleight-of-hand swindling game resembling thimblerig but employing walnut shells or the like instead of thimblelike cups.
- razzle-dazzle β showiness, brilliance, or virtuosity in technique or effect, often without concomitant substance or worth; flashy theatricality: The razzle-dazzle of the essay's metaphors cannot disguise its shallowness of thought.
- stratagem β a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- machination β an act or instance of machinating.
- dishonesty β lack of honesty; a disposition to lie, cheat, or steal.
- duplicity β deceitfulness in speech or conduct, as by speaking or acting in two different ways to different people concerning the same matter; double-dealing. Synonyms: deceit, deception, dissimulation, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, trickery. Antonyms: candidness, directness, honesty, straightforwardness.
- deception β Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- trickery β the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
- hypocrisy β a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- chicanery β Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- treachery β violation of faith; betrayal of trust; treason.
- lie β Jonas, 1880β1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- illusion β something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- cover-up β any action, stratagem, or other means of concealing or preventing investigation or exposure.
- infidelity β marital disloyalty; adultery.
- falsehood β a false statement; lie. Synonyms: fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story.
- deceit β Deceit is behaviour that is deliberately intended to make people believe something which is not true.
- mendacity β the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
- corruption β Corruption is dishonesty and illegal behaviour by people in positions of authority or power.
- graft β the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
- criminality β the state or quality of being criminal
verb chicane
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- carp β A carp is a kind of fish that lives in lakes and rivers.
- waffle β waffling language.
- spar β (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- wheedle β to endeavor to influence (a person) by smooth, flattering, or beguiling words or acts: We wheedled him incessantly, but he would not consent.
- bilk β To bilk someone out of something, especially money, means to cheat them out of it.
- dupe β duplicate.
- hoodwink β to deceive or trick.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- swindle β to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
- baffle β If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- victimize β to make a victim of.
- betray β If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- defraud β If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- dust β earth or other matter in fine, dry particles.
- beguile β If something beguiles you, you are charmed and attracted by it.
- circumvent β If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.