English → Latin
“chicaner” in Latin
calumniorto depreciate, misrepresent, cavil at, calumniate, blame unjustly, blackmail; to contrive tricks, intrigue; to accuse fapraevāricorto walk crookedly, to not walk straight; to step out of line, deviate, transgress; to collude, prevaricate, play a doublquadruplātorA public informer who received a fourth part.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
chicaner
calumniator: praevaricator [SYN. in CHICANE]: quadruplator (one who tries to get anybody’s property by cunning arts): juris contortor (a perverter of justice).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for chicaner?
- The usual Latin words for “chicaner” are calumnior, praevāricor, quadruplātor. 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.