cozenage

noun

coz·​en·​age ˈkəz-nij 

ˈkə-zə-

1

: the art or practice of cozening : fraud

2

: an act or an instance of cozening

Synonyms

• artifice
• cheating
• craft
• craftiness
• crookedness
• crookery
• cunning
• cunningness
• deceit
• deceitfulness
• deception
• deceptiveness
• dishonesty
• dissembling
• dissimulation
• double-dealing
• dupery
• duplicity
• fakery
• foxiness
• fraud
• guile
• guilefulness
• wiliness

Examples of cozenage in a Sentence

through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family treasures for a song

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1