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Meaning of 'chicane' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Chicane [ n.]
- The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry.
- To use shifts, cavils, or artifices.

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chian chiaro-oscuro chiaroscurist chiaroscuro chiasm chiasma chiasmus chiastolite chibbal chibouk

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