Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To adjust according to principles of equity, as would be done by a court of chancery: as, to chancer a forfeiture.

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  • noun British slang An opportunist

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Examples

  • Crazytown tastic! ... andy: all i can find for the word chancer is a scheming individual. no french translation. they must b mad! ...

    Life Without Toast - Sibling Rivalry 2009

  • Did you see the one where, James I think from the first series looked a cert for the final and then turned out that he was 'chancer' and could not stick at anything.

    Living For The Weekend juliette 2009

  • I still think this latter case is beyond what was envisaged and could be considered to be "chancer" behaviour - what Ashcroft/Flying Lion is doing is far more like giving cash, and the costs are disproportionate.

    Full Market Value: Claw Back from Con Air Tories? 2007

  • As, under Blair's premiership, the UK has been reduced to the role of being an international 'chancer', our best strategy is probably to smile, back off and try to sell him a football club, a swanky townhouse or some hedge fund bonds.

    How Should the West Respond to Putin's Threat? 2007

  • The families of two of serial killer Peter Tobin's victims have branded him a "chancer" after he missed another court appearance through illness.

    Your Local Guardian | Sutton 2010

  • Mr Callely, who was banned from the Seanad for 20 days without pay for deliberately misrepresenting his normal place of residence to claim travel expenses, claimed he had been painted as a "chancer" and "a rogue" and "thoroughly despicable".

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • These included such horrific insults as 'chancer', 'communist', 'corner boy' and 'yahoo'.

    Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • In previous times he would have been called a wide boy, a chancer.

    Bosses I Have Known « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • I love the description “a wide boy, a chancer” because I have absolutely no idea what those expressions mean, and yet somehow they fit!

    Bosses I Have Known « Tales from the Reading Room 2009

  • But although I've long reckoned him to be a grade 1 careerist and a bit of a chancer, I've always strangely liked him, can appreciate his strengths, certainly his hard work, and at times his sheer balls when defending the indefensible.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Alan Smart 2009

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