chicane

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
2. (countable, uncountable)The use of dishonest means or subterfuge to achieve one's (especially political) goals; chicanery, trickery.

   “1775, Edmund Burke, 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.”

   “‘That they may be unlearned in the detestable chicane of politics, is certain; but, they are also uncorrupted by the odious and pernicious maxims of the unfeeling tools of despotism.’”

3. (countable, uncountable)The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.
4. (countable, uncountable)A sharp double bend on a racecourse, designed to prevent unsafe speeds; an obstacle creating a curve.

   “On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.”

5. (countable, uncountable)A raised area or other obstacle around which vehicles must drive, especially designed to reduce speed.
6. (uncommon)A Chicana or Chicano of any gender, or of non-binary gender.

   “[…] Chicanes and Latines that continue to reproduce geographies of domination and exclusion. It strikes me that while Chicanes […]”

verb

1. (intransitive)To use chicanery, tricks, or subterfuge.
2. (transitive)To deceive.

adj

1. (not-comparable, uncommon)Chicana or Chicano, and of any gender, or of non-binary gender.

   “... Latine and Chicane workers and families, […]”

   “... Chicane/Latine, and Asian communities. During the course of two centuries, forty-one states institutionalized anti-miscegenation laws. All these states prohibited any intermarriages with Black people, fourteen states banned white-Asian[…]”

   “... Chicane/Latine Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.”

   “[…] and how many of the ideas upheld by activist groups at the time were antithetical to the normative demands present in Latine, particularly Chicane communities.”

   “We posit that although there are differences in Chicane experiences in the US and […]”