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Definition of Cozenage
1. Noun. A fraudulent business scheme.
Definition of Cozenage
1. n. The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.
Definition of Cozenage
1. Noun. The fact or practice of cozening; cheating, deception. ¹
2. Noun. An instance of cozening; a scam. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cozenage
1. the practice of cozening [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cozenage
Literary usage of Cozenage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commerce of the Prairies, Or, The Journal of a Santa Fè Trader: During Eight by Josiah Gregg (1845)
"The Mines of New Mexico—Supposed Concealment of them by the Indians—Indian
Superstition and cozenage—.Ruins of La &an Quivira—Old ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Jackson, D.D. ...: Sometime President of Corpus Christi by Thomas Jackson (1844)
"... nature or cozenage are to the holiness of God. To make both parts of a
contradiction true, falls not under the object or exercise of his almighty power. ..."
3. A Church Dictionary by Walter Farquhar Hook (1854)
"... upon any pretence whatsoever, to cast out any devil or devils, under pain of
the imputation of imposture or cozenage, and deposition from the ministry. ..."
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