1. The use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose
   "The lawyer's chicane in manipulating evidence was grounds for disbarment";
   - trickery, chicanery, guile, wile, shenanigan
    
2. A movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes placed before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in single file
   "The new chicane on the track forced drivers to slow down significantly"
    
3. A bridge hand that is void of trumps
   "His chicane in spades made the contract difficult to fulfil"

1. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit
   "The con artist chicaned the unsuspecting victim out of their savings";
   - cheat, chouse [archaic], shaft [informal], screw [informal], jockey
    
2. Raise trivial objections
   "The lawyer chicaned throughout the proceedings";
   - cavil, carp

Derived forms: chicanes, chicaned, chicaning

Type of: beat, beat out, bridge hand, crush, deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation, movable barrier, object, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Chicane