Word #3

Word: Chicanery

Location: Suite101.com article about Celebrity Psychic John Edward

Context: In his book, Crossing Over, Edward tries to minimize the fact that Dateline caught his chicanery.

Definiton:
-noun
1.The use of trickery or sophistry to deceive (as in matters of law).
2.A trick; a subterfuge

Use: President Bush used chicanery to gain the public support required to invade Iraq.