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cozenage

[kuhz-uh-nij] / ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ /
NOUN
deception
Synonyms
STRONGEST
betrayal deceit disinformation duplicity falsehood fraud hypocrisy lying mendacity treachery trickery untruth
STRONG
artifice beguilement blarney cheat circumvention craftiness cunning deceitfulness deceptiveness dissimulation double-dealing dupery equivocation flimflam fraudulence guile hokum imposition insincerity juggling legerdemain pretense prevarication sophism treason trickiness trumpery
WEAK
defraudation
Antonyms
STRONGEST
faithfulness forthrightness honesty loyalty sincerity truth
STRONG
openness
WEAK
frankness honor trustworthiness truthfulness uprightness

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

They say this town is full of cozenage; As, nimble jugglers that deceive the eye, Dark-working sorcerers that change the mind.

From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

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

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

It is a curious phenomenon, and one that constantly recurs in the history of cozenage, how people who live by spoof fall victims so readily to spoofery.

From She Stands Accused by MacClure, Victor