Chi‐can″er‐y (?), n. [F. chicanerie.] Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Irritated by perpetual chicanery.
Hallam.
Syn. — Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.