Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The art or practice of cozening.
- noun An act or example of cozening.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cousinage . - noun Trickery; fraud; deceit; artifice; the practice of cheating.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The fact or practice of
cozening ;cheating ,deception . - noun An instance of
cozening ; ascam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a fraudulent business scheme
Etymologies
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Examples
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That's where the aformentioned "cozenage" comes in.
Archive 2007-01-01 Lisa B. 2007
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That's where the aformentioned "cozenage" comes in.
Fear and loathing in Trinity Park Lisa B. 2007
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Thou are not dead, but flown afar, up hills of endless light, through blazing corridors of suns, where worlds do swing of good and gentle men, of women strong and free—far from the cozenage, black hypocrisy, and chaste prostitution of this shameful speck of dust!
DARKWATER W.E.B. DU BOIS 2004
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Fons fraudum et maleficiorum, 'tis the fountain of cozenage and villainy.
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Autolicus, Mercury's son, that dwelt in Parnassus, who got so much treasure by cozenage and stealth.
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Sir Hadrian now glowered at George as if the young man himself had been a willing and eager accomplice in the matter of the Tofts's failed cozenage.
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Pledge opponent Michael Newdow fittingly will also appear at this convention of cozenage.
Archive 2004-09-12 2004
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Merchandises then hee brought before: made the meanes to borrow a great summe of Money of her, leaving her so base a pawne, as well requited her for her former cozenage.
The Decameron 2004
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It's something and nothing, if you take my point It'd be an amateur or a man who didn't know his own mind who'd do such a stupid thing … Or it could be a wee cozenage. '
The Alamut Ambush Price, Anthony 1971
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Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage which man can put upon the providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 Various
ofravens commented on the word cozenage
Always makes me think of the word lozenge.
April 5, 2008
sionnach commented on the word cozenage
I think of it as being the Dickensian orphanage where one's poor relations are stowed.
April 5, 2008
ofravens commented on the word cozenage
Now that I think about it, that does make sense, sionnach. Something about the "coz."
April 8, 2008