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Chicanery
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Trickery (especially for $)
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Quid pro quo
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[literally, "this for that" or "something for something"] [in the marketplace: the exchanging of goods] [equal exchange/substitution]
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Parvenu
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[The nouveau riche (new-rich), i.e. economic rise without social skills] [from the French verb parvenir, "to reach"]
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Remonstrance
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A (usually formal) protest
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Incursion
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The act of entering some territory or domain
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Brahmin
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[Hindu & Buddhist terms] ["Boston Brahmins": New Englanders who claim descent from oldest families in Boston] [Highest caste in India]
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Cosmopolitan
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[cosmo: wrold, politan: human] [of worldwide scope or applicability]
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Peonage
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Paying off debt through servitude, "working it off"
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