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单词 cozenage
释义

cozenage

noun

coz·​en·​age ˈkəz-nij How to pronounce cozenage (audio)
ˈkə-zə-
1
: the art or practice of cozening : fraud
2
: an act or an instance of cozening

Synonyms

  • artifice
  • cheating
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • cunningness
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • dishonesty
  • dissembling
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • fraud
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • wiliness
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Example Sentences

through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family treasures for a song

Word History

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined at sense 1

cozenage

noun

as in deception
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family treasures for a song

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • deception
  • deceit
  • fraud
  • cunning
  • cheating
  • deceptiveness
  • deceitfulness
  • dissimulation
  • lying
  • fakery
  • duplicity
  • dissembling
  • dishonesty
  • guile
  • crookedness
  • wiliness
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • artifice
  • cunningness
  • secrecy
  • craftiness
  • fraudulence
  • trickery
  • craft
  • prevarication
  • crookery
  • subterfuge
  • jugglery
  • swindling
  • foxiness
  • legerdemain
  • skulduggery
  • equivocation
  • chicanery
  • shrewdness
  • wile
  • guilefulness
  • mendacity
  • skullduggery
  • artfulness
  • fib
  • insincerity
  • hypocrisy
  • untruth
  • obliquity
  • falsehood
  • underhandedness
  • furtiveness
  • deviousness
  • unscrupulousness
  • slyness
  • covertness
  • caginess
  • sanctimoniousness
  • hanky-panky
  • shiftiness
  • shadiness
  • chicane
  • falsity
  • sneakiness
  • stealthiness
  • two-facedness
  • cageyness
  • smoothness
  • slipperiness
  • slickness
  • mountebankery
  • treacherousness
  • oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sincerity
  • artlessness
  • ingenuousness
  • guilelessness
  • frankness
  • openness
  • candor
  • directness
  • forthrightness
  • plainness
  • probity
  • honesty
  • candidness
  • solidity
  • reliability
  • trustworthiness
  • truthfulness
  • good faith
  • goodness
  • dependability
  • reliableness
  • integrity
  • decency
  • righteousness
  • virtuousness
  • plainspokenness
  • uprightness
  • incorruptibility
  • trustability
  • trustiness
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