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   chicane

   /ʃɪˈkeɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a sharp double bend created to form an obstacle on a motor-racing track or a road: "the Austrian's car flew out of control and spun across the chicane"
   • 2. (in card games) a hand without cards of one particular suit; a void. dated
   • 3. the use of deception; chicanery. archaic

   verb

   • 1. employ chicanery: archaic "he spends more time chicaning on texts than invoking principles"
   • ▪ deceive (someone): archaic "several employees were chicaned into giving their login information"

   Word Origin late 17th century (in the senses ‘chicanery’ and ‘use chicanery’): from French chicane (noun), chicaner (verb) ‘quibble’, of unknown origin.

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