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“chicane, chicanery” in Latin
calumniaA cunning device, trickery, artifice, sophistry, chicanery.; A pretence, evasion, subterfuge.; A misrepresentation, falspraevāricātiōviolation of duty; collusion; transgressioncalumniorto depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate, blame unjustly, blackmail; to contrive tricks, intrigue; to accuse fa
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chicane, chicanery
calumnia (false accusation): praevaricatio (perversion of justice by an advocate, who is guilty of collusion with the opposite party). To practice chicanery, calumniari: to have recourse to the arts of chicanery, intendere animum calumniis: to prolong a contest by chicanery, calumnia extrahere. To practice chicanery against anybody, calumnias alicui intendere: malitiosa juris interpretatio (Cic., perversion of justice).
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- What is the Latin word for chicane, chicanery?
- The usual Latin words for “chicane, chicanery” are calumnia, praevāricātiō, calumnior. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.