All chicane synonyms
chi·cane
C c noun chicane
- storey — story2 .
- betrayal — A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- bamboozlement — The act or process of bamboozling or being bamboozled.
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- joke — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- indirection — indirect action or procedure.
- hanky-panky — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- underhandedness — underhand.
- sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
- surreptitious — obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance.
- dirty pool — unethical, unfair, or unsportsmanlike conduct.
- smoke and mirrors — (used with a singular or plural verb) something that distorts or blurs facts, figures, etc., like a magic or conjuring trick; artful deception.
- two-timing — to be unfaithful to (a lover or spouse).
- dissemblance — dissembling; dissimulation.
- two-faced — having two faces.
- cozening — Present participle of cozen.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- con game — a swindle involving money, goods, etc, in which the victim's trust is won by the swindler; a shortened form of confidence game
- confidence game — A confidence game is the same as a confidence trick.
- snow job — an attempt to deceive or persuade by using flattery or exaggeration.
- fast one — a shrewd action, especially when unscrupulous or dishonest; an unfair trick, deceitful practice, dishonest dealing, etc.: He pulled a fast one on me by paying me with a worthless check.
- mare's-nest — something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax: The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest.
- sitting duck — a helpless or easy target or victim: a sitting duck for shady financial schemes.
- stool pigeon — a pigeon used as a decoy.
- inveiglement — to entice, lure, or ensnare by flattery or artful talk or inducements (usually followed by into): to inveigle a person into playing bridge.
- blow off — If you blow something off, you ignore it or choose not to deal with it.
- drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
- improbity — lack of honesty or moral scruples.
- foul play — any treacherous or unfair dealing, especially involving murder: We feared that he had met with foul play.
- bad faith — intention to deceive; treachery or dishonesty (esp in the phrase in bad faith)
verb chicane
- double-cross — to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- rip off — a rent made by ripping; tear.