chicane

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
 * 2) The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.
 * 3) * 1775,, speech on conciliation with America
 * In this character of the Americans, a love of freedom is the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole; and as an ardent is always a jealous affection, your Colonies become suspicious, restive, and untractable whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for.
 * 1)  The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
 * 2)  A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.
 * 3)  A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
 * 1)  A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
 * 1)  A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, , podvrh
 * Finnish: ; puliveivaus
 * German:


 * Catalan: xicana
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Irish: siceán
 * Italian:, curva a gomito
 * Polish: szykana
 * Turkish: şikan


 * Finnish: hidastemutka

Verb

 * 1)  To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge.
 * 2)  To deceive.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  Chicane (obstruction designed to reduce speed), double road bend
 * 2) bickering, quibbling, especially as delay tactic