cozenage
11cozenage — coz•en•age [[t]ˈkʌz ə nɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) the practice of cozening 2) the condition of being cozened • Etymology: 1555–65 …
12cozenage — /ˈkʌzənɪdʒ/ (say kuzuhnij) noun 1. the practice of cozening. 2. the fact of being cozened. 3. a fraud; a deception …
13cozenage — noun a fraudulent business scheme • Syn: ↑scam • Derivationally related forms: ↑cozen, ↑scam (for: ↑scam) • Hypernyms: ↑swindle, ↑ …
14deception — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Misrepresentation Nouns 1. (act of deceiving) deception, deceptiveness; falseness, falsehood, untruth; imposition, imposture, misinformation, disinformation; fraud, fraudulence, deceit, deceitfulness,… …
15Cosenage — Cos en*age (k?z n ?j), n. See {Cozenage}. [1913 Webster] …
16Cousinage — Cous in*age ( ?j), n. [F. cousinage, OF., also, cosinage. Cf. {Cosinage}, {Cozenage}.] Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] …
17Stellionate — Stel lion*ate, n. [L. stellionatus cozenage, trickery, fr. stellio a newt, a crafty, knavish person.] (Scots & Roman Law) Any fraud not distinguished by a more special name; chiefly applied to sales of the same property to two different persons,… …
18Star Chamber — This article is about the court. For other uses, see Star Chamber (disambiguation). The Star Chamber (Latin: Camera stellata) was an English court of law that sat at the royal Palace of Westminster until 1641. It was made up of Privy Counsellors …
19Thieves' cant — or Rogues cant was a secret language (a cant or cryptolect) which was formerly used by thieves, beggars and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English speaking countries. The classic, colourful argot is now …
20bamboozle — bamboozlement, n. bamboozler, n. /bam booh zeuhl/, v., bamboozled, bamboozling. v.t. 1. to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often fol. by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club …
