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A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception. / The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

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chicane

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Source Word

chicane

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ʃɪˈkeɪn/

Noun

countable uncountable

A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception. / The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

Japanese Meaning

不正やごまかしのために、狡猾な手段や策略を用いる行為。また、不誠実で無意味な反論や言い逃れを指す。 / 政治やその他の目的を達成するために用いられる、不正な手段や策略、トリック。

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The lawyer's endless chicane distracted everyone from the client's real needs.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

弁護士の際限のない難癖が、依頼人の本当のニーズから皆の注意をそらした。

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Sense（1）

A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.

Sense（2）

The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your Colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for.

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