CHICANE Synonyms

• verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• the quality of being dishonest

• lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

• intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a military training exercise

• a plan for attaining a particular goal

• a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

• a move made to gain a tactical end

• an action aimed at evading an opponent

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• act in order to achieve a certain goal

• perform a movement in military or naval tactics in order to secure an advantage in attack or defense

• an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• adopted in order to deceive

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

• the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised

• any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

• raise trivial objections

• an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

• raise trivial objections

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• the quality of being crafty

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• someone employed to ride horses in horse races

• an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• compete (for an advantage or a position)

• ride a racehorse as a professional jockey

• a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• the main (mid) section of a long bone

• obscene terms for penis

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

• (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

• a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

• a revolving rod that transmits power or motion

• the hollow spine of a feather

• equip with a shaft

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)