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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 scheme
Familiarity information: COZENAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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