cozenage

coz·en·age

C0712500 (kŭz′ə-nĭj)n.1. The art or practice of cozening.2. An act or example of cozening.

coz•en•age

(ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ)

n. 1. the practice of cozening. 2. the condition of being cozened. [1555–65]

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cozenage - a fraudulent business scheme scamswindle, cheat, rig - the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud"