See chicanery on Wiktionary
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Täuschung f Schikane"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Täuschungsmanöver"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "aisiléireacht"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "calumnia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "krętactwo"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "matactwo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ulóvka",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "уло́вка"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "deception by use of trickery",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "prevara"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"word": "vals argument"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"word": "šikaani"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chicana"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krjučkotvorstvo",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "крючкотворство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "chicana"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "A slick performance by a lawyer",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "triquiñuela"
}
],
"word": "chicanery"
}
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