Cozenage
//ˈkʌzənɪd͡ʒ// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception. uncountable
"They ſay this tovvne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: […]"
- 2 a fraudulent business scheme wordnet
- 3 An instance of cozening; a scam. countable
"When I receive your Lines, my dear Princess, and find there Expressions of a Passion; though Reason and my own Immerit tell me, it must not be for me; yet is the Cozenage so pleasing to me, that I (brib'd by my own Desires) believe them still before the other."
Example
More examples"They say this town is full of cozenage."
Etymology
From cozen + -age.
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