What you accuse your brother of when you find out he hid a battery in your coat.
Jimmy pulled this chicanery! He defecated through a sunroof!
by grease_of_sandwich February 08, 2021
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Deception by trickery or sophistry.
A trick; a subterfuge.

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

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
The Bush Administration is now the commander-in-theif (lower-case intentional) thanks to their chicanery.
by Peter Drumm May 01, 2004
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it's a place where Chicanos (mexican-americans) go to school to learn trades.
he went to a chicanery and learned how to fix cars.
by marvin a March 23, 2006
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Hybrid term melding "shabby chic" and "chicanery."

shabby chic:
a style using worn and deteriorated items to achieve an elegant overall effect

chicanery:
trickery or deception by quibbling or sophistry

Shabby chicanery:
Constant failed attempts at using second-hand items in one's home decor to achieve a look of false elegance. Result is invariably much more Salvation Army than Apres-La-Guerre.
Another broke down La-Z-Boy? Enough with the shabby chicanery, already.
by Tom Terranova August 14, 2007
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An act of deception that is attended to mislead or trick an individual.
Professor Davis's test was Bullshit - Chicanery, not of the students pass.
by ShadownKnuckles June 16, 2017
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