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The Universal Dictionary
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chicanery

[ʃɪ'keɪn(ə)rɪ]

сущ.

  1. крючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливание

  2. (chicaneries) уст. юридические хитрости, увёртки

Law (En-Ru)

chicanery

  1. кляузничество, сутяжничество

  2. крючкотворство

  3. придирка; шикана

  4. софистика

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They are calling in some legal chicanery, and upon that ground they are threatening to turn us out of the house!
Тут юридические крючки замешались, и на основании этих крючков нам угрожают вытолкать нас с крыльца!
Достоевский, Фёдор / ИдиотDostoevsky, Fyodor / Idiot
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Such a match was fitter and far more creditable for a spirited young fellow than a marriage with the daughter of an old Whig lawyer, whose chicanery had so nearly ruined his father.»
Такой брак достойнее и почетнее для молодого человека, чем союз с дочерью старого адвоката-вига, чьи интриги погубили его отца.
Scott, Walter / Bride of LammermoorСкотт, Вальтер / Ламмермурская невеста
Ламмермурская невеста
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1962
Bride of Lammermoor
Scott, Walter
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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ʃɪ'keɪn(ə)rɪNounкрючкотворство; сутяжничество; бюрократические придирки; увиливаниеExamples

Forty days wasted in useless chicanery. — Сорок дней были потеряны из-за бесполезной бюрократической возни.

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  1. 1.

    увиливание

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  2. 2.

    сутяжничество

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  3. 3.

    крючкотворство

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Word forms

chicanery

noun
SingularPlural
Common casechicanerychicaneries
Possessive casechicanery'schicaneries'