Synonyms of the word

chicanery

• n. Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
• n. (countable, law) A slick performance by a lawyer.

chicane

• n. (road transport, motor racing) A temporary barrier, or serpentine curve, on a vehicular path, especially…
• n. (bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honours.
• n. Chicanery.
• v. (intransitive) To use chicanery, tricks or subterfuge.
• v. (transitive) To deceive.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

dissembling

• n. The action of the verb dissemble.
• v. present participle of dissemble.

dissimulation

• n. The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
• n. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

guile

• n. (uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
• n. Deceptiveness, deceit, fraud, duplicity, dishonesty.
• v. to deceive, to beguile.

shenanigan

• n. (countable) A deceitful confidence trick, or mischief causing discomfort or annoyance.
• n. (rare) singular of shenanigans.

trickery

• n. (uncountable) Deception or underhanded behavior.
• n. (uncountable) The art of dressing up; imposture.
• n. (uncountable) Artifice; the use of one or more stratagems.
• n. (countable) An instance of deception, underhanded behavior, dressing up, imposture, artifice, etc.

wile

• n. (usually in the plural) A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice.
• v. To entice or lure.
• v. Archaic form of while, "to pass the time".