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Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.

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  1. n. Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
  2. n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
  3. 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.
  4. Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure thetruth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.
  5. n:100 n the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)