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artifice, bad faith, deceit, deception, dishonesty, false pretense, fraud, hoax, indirection (deceitfulness), knavery, maneuver (trick), pettifoggery
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
cozenage
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Cozenage — Coz en*age ( [asl]j), n. [See {Cozen}, and cf. {Cousinage}.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cozenage — noun Date: 1583 1. the art or practice of cozening ; fraud 2. an act or an instance of cozening … New Collegiate Dictionary
cozenage — /kuz euh nij/, n. 1. the practice of cozening. 2. the condition of being cozened. [1555 65; COZEN + AGE] * * * … Universalium
cozenage — noun /ˈkʌzənɪdʒ/ a) The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception. b) An instance of cozening; a scam … Wiktionary
cozenage — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. plot, swindle, treachery; see deception 1 , trick 1 … English dictionary for students
cozenage — n. deceit, fraud, swindling … English contemporary dictionary
cozenage — n. Fraud, deceit, artifice, trickery, deception, imposition, imposture, duplicity, guile, double dealing … New dictionary of synonyms
cozenage — n deception, deceit, trickery; hoaxing, deluding, fooling, hoodwinking; swindling, fraudulen cy, misrepresentation, chichanery, pettifoggery, Inf. hocus pocus, Inf. hanky panky; double dealing, circumvention, bluffing, feinting, Inf. pulling the… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
cozenage — coz·en·age … English syllables
cozenage — coz•en•age [[t]ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) the practice of cozening 2) the condition of being cozened • Etymology: 1555–65 … From formal English to slang
