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COZENAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cozenage mean? 

COZENAGE (noun)
  The noun COZENAGE has 1 sense:

1. a fraudulent business schemeplay

  Familiarity information: COZENAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COZENAGE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fraudulent business scheme

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cozenage; scam

Hypernyms ("cozenage" is a kind of...):

cheat; rig; swindle (the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme)

Derivation:

cozen (cheat or trick)

cozen (act with artful deceit)


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