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1. крючкотворство; сутяжничество 2. софистика 3. придирка impatient of such chicaneries —- выведенный из себя такими придирками ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 clever but misleading talk; a false argument. 2 trickery, deception. Etymology: F chicanerie (as CHICANE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun (plural -neries) Date: 1609 1. deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry ; trickery 2. a piece of sharp practice (as at law) ; trick ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(chicaneries) Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people. (FORMAL) = trickery N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n formal the use of clever plans or actions to deceive people (The legal system got to the truth and settled cases fairly and without chicanery.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1609, from Fr. chicanerie "trickery," from M.Fr. chicaner "to pettifog, quibble," perhaps from M.L.G. schikken "to arrange, bring about," or from the name of a golf-like game once played in Languedoc. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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