Definition of "chicaned" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of chicane. (verb)

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• "I chicaned to secure him a fine room, which his lady-mother furnished "like a bridal chamher", if our Nassau cynics were to be credited, -- introduced him where it was necessary, and exercised generally towards him that distinguished patronage which one who "knows the ropes" is able to bestow upon a very Freshman."
• "Though he had refused to admit the notion that the men could be chicaned, as his agent had implied, he certainly did wonder a little whether a certain measure of security might not in some way be guaranteed, which would still leave him and the farmers a free hand."
• "He had tried his best to get rid of them, advanced the rent, implored, chicaned, but all in vain."