cozenage
71deception — [n1] misleading; being dishonest beguilement, betrayal, blarney*, boondoggle*, cheat, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, defraudation, dirt, disinformation, dissimulation, double dealing, dupery,… …
72cozen — v.i.,v.t. cheat. ♦ cozenage, n …
73cozen — [kuz′ən] vt., vi. [< ME cosin, fraud, trickery < ? OFr cosson, horse trader < L cocio, coctio, a broker, dealer] 1. to cheat; defraud 2. to deceive cozenage n …
74cozen — v. literary 1 tr. (often foll. by of, out of) cheat, defraud. 2 tr. (often foll. by into) beguile; persuade. 3 intr. act deceitfully. Derivatives: cozenage n. Etymology: 16th c. cant, perh. rel. to COUSIN …
75cozinage — noun see cozenage …
76cosynage — obs. f. cozenage …
