chicanery

As a noun chicanery

is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As an adjective undefined is

lacking a definition or value.

As nouns the difference between chicanery and cunningness

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while cunningness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being cunning.

Cunning is a synonym of chicanery.

As nouns the difference between cunning and chicanery

is that cunning is (obsolete) knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge) while chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As an adjective cunning

is sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

As a noun chicanery

is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As an adjective specious is

seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.

As nouns the difference between chicanery and shenanigans

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while shenanigans is mischievous play, especially by children.

As a verb dissemble

is to disguise or conceal something.

As a noun chicanery is

deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As nouns the difference between chicanery and equivocation

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while equivocation is (logic) a logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.

As a verb finagle

is to obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect and usually deceitful methods.

As a noun chicanery is

deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As nouns the difference between chicanery and stratagem

is that chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge while stratagem is a tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.

As nouns the difference between ploy and chicanery

is that ploy is a tactic, strategy, or gimmick while chicanery is deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.

As a verb ploy

is (military) to form a column from a line of troops on some designated subdivision.