cheatery

We have always been taught to look upon the people of New England as a selfish, cunning set of fellows, that was fed on fox-ears and thistle-tops; that cut their wisdom-teeth as soon as they were born; that made money by their wits, and held on to it by nature; that called cheatery mother-wit; that hung on to political power because they had numbers; that raised up manufactures to keep down the South and West; and, in fact, had so much of the devil in all their machinery, that they would neither lead nor drive, unless the load was going into their own cribs.

David Crockett 1841

I told him to reflect well that he was about to commit himself with a foe that was immortal, for a faculty never dies, and to rest assured that after having brought three monks to bay, he would have to defend himself against numerous legions, not only opulent and powerful, but, besides, very dishonest and very experienced in the practice of every kind of cheatery, who would never rest until they had effected his ruin, were his cause as just as Christ's.

A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4 1830

This would explain perfectly why St. Rangel (he is a saint, right?) would invent so many new forms of tax cheatery.

Charlie Rangel (D, NY-15) is a Gnostic Cainite! | RedState 2010

If he loses it will because he quit campaining, he should know better, it is not over until it is over, As cheatery clinton. canada

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Without laying claim to this country by right of conquest, without pleading even the mockery of cession, or the cheatery of sale, we have unhesitatingly entered upon, occupied, and disposed of its lands, spreading forth a new population over its surface, and driving before us the original inhabitants.

An account of the manners and customs of the Aborigines and the state of their relations with Europeans, by Edward John Eyre 2004

There is something naif and amusing in this exhibition of cheatery — this simple cringing and wheedling, and passion for twopence-halfpenny.

Notes of a Journey From Cornhill to Grand Cairo 2004

In manufactured goods, as in all other things, not the slightest cheatery is to be found.

Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Mary E. Bradley Lane

For one moment the spectators stared in mute astonishment; but then the discovery of the Yankee's cheatery drew from them a peal of laughter which seemed likely to be inextinguishable.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various

They have a simple shrewdness, which, under a better system, had made them enterprising; but this quality has degenerated into cunning and cheatery, -- the weapons which the hopelessly oppressed always use.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 61, November, 1862 Various

A man of family, partly from indiscretion, and from various other causes, becomes embarrassed; the clamours of his creditors soon magnify his luxuries, but not a word is said about their innumerable extortions, in the shape of commissions, percentages, and other licensed modifications of cheatery, nor are they reckoned to the advantage of the debtor.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 277, October 13, 1827 Various