Synonyms

cozenage

American

[kuhz-uh-nij] / ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ /

noun

the practice of cozening.
the condition of being cozened.

Etymology

Origin of cozenage

First recorded in 1555–65; cozen + -age

Vocabulary lists containing cozenage

"The Tragedy of Hamlet," Vocabulary from Act 5

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By similar cozenage he had managed to extract $1,100 from the company.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or what should I say of the oppressions, injustice, cozenage in trading and in merchandise, which yourselves know better than I can do how much they have abounded in the kingdom?

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

The shrug, the nod, the hem—every motion of the eyes, hands, feet—every air and gesture, look and word—became an expressive, though disguised, language of fraud and cozenage, big with deceit and swollen with ruin.

From The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims Volume II (of II) by Steinmetz, Andrew

Well, if he be in prison, I'll have warrants To 'tach my daughter till the law be tried, For I will sue him upon cozenage.

From The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown

Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage which man can put upon the providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various

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