SAT vocabulary
Chicanery
The use of trickery or deception to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
Example
"He accused the company of financial chicanery to inflate its profits."
Etymology
From Old French 'chicanerie', meaning 'trickery', possibly from 'chicaner' (to dispute, to quibble).
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