PETTIFOGGERY
Meaning of PETTIFOGGERY in English
-g(ə)rē, -ri noun
( -es )
: the practice of a pettifogger : chicanery
are apt to fall victims to … pettifoggery on a huge scale — Howard Cosell
Webster's New International English Dictionary.
Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.
2012