chicane

verbCommon GRE wordMore C words

to deceive or quibble by means of petty trickery or sophistry

In a sentence

Chicane in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing chicane in a sentence.

He tried to chicane his way out of the contract with a string of legalistic objections.

Synonyms

quibbletrickdeceive

Antonyms

None listed.

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Common questions

Chicane (verb) means to deceive or quibble by means of petty trickery or sophistry

Here is chicane used in an example sentence: "He tried to chicane his way out of the contract with a string of legalistic objections."

Common synonyms for chicane include quibble, trick, deceive.

Chicane is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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