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chicanery

/ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/noun

उच्चारण शिकेनरी

चालबाज़ी, धोखाधड़ी, छल-कपट

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    [U] formal

    the use of complicated plans and clever talk in order to trick people

    चालबाज़ी, धोखाधड़ी, छल-कपट

    • political chicanery
    • The lawyer used every chicanery to delay the case.
    • The company escaped tax through legal chicanery.
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    • The election was marked by chicanery and false promises.
    • He won the property case by chicanery rather than by honest argument.
    • Investigators uncovered years of financial chicanery.

    Synonyms trickery deception deceit duplicity subterfuge

    Opposite honesty straightforwardness sincerity candour

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chi·ca·ne·ry

Spelling and pronunciation: chi-ca-ne-ry, with ch pronounced /ʃ/ as in French, /ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/ (not 'chicanary').

Spelling और pronunciation में chi-ca-ne-ry, ch की ध्वनि French की तरह /ʃ/, /ʃɪˈkeɪnəri/ ('chicanary' गलत है)।

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Keep the trickery words together: chicanery (clever legal or political tricks), duplicity (being two-faced), subterfuge (a trick to hide something), guile (cunning), skulduggery (dishonest behaviour).

धोखाधड़ी के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: chicanery (चतुर कानूनी या राजनीतिक चालें), duplicity (दोमुँहापन), subterfuge (कुछ छिपाने की चाल), guile (धूर्तता), skulduggery (बेईमानी)।