shaconnery is a tad worse than:
chi·can·er·y
/SH?'kan(?)re/
noun
noun: chicanery
the use of trickery to achieve a political, financial, or legal purpose.
"an underhanded person who schemes corruption and political chicanery behind closed doors"
synonyms: trickery, deception, deceit, deceitfulness, duplicity, dishonesty, deviousness, unscrupulousness, underhandedness, subterfuge, fraud, fraudulence, swindling,