cozenage

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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, Disguised cheaters, prating mountebanks, And many such like libertines of sin."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 324, July 26, 1828 by Various

David suspected this cozenage in himself, when he cries out, Oh!

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James

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

Hope never stooped to falser cozenage; we were to be rudely undeceived.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry