cozenage (Meaning)
cozenage (n)
a fraudulent business scheme
Synonyms & Antonyms of cozenage
Synonyms:
- mendacity
- fib
- skulduggery
- falsity
- hanky-panky
- deviousness
- subterfuge
- wile
- jugglery
- covertness
- shiftiness
- chicanery
- falsehood
- hypocrisy
- insincerity
- prevarication
- unscrupulousness
- fraudulence
- untruth
- obliquity
- stealthiness
- guilefulness
- equivocation
- caginess
- sanctimoniousness
- skullduggery
- craft
- legerdemain
- sneakiness
- furtiveness
- shadiness
- slyness
- foxiness
- trickery
- mountebankery
- chicane
- swindling
- shrewdness
- artfulness
- underhandedness
Antonyms:
cozenage Sentence Examples
- The elaborate cozenage scheme involved several layers of deception and manipulation.
- Detectives were called in to investigate the cozenage that had defrauded numerous investors.
- Despite his charming facade, he was engaged in a complex cozenage to embezzle funds from the company.
- The cozenage operation preyed on the elderly, exploiting their trust and vulnerability.
- The mastermind behind the cozenage operation was eventually apprehended and brought to justice.
- It's disheartening to see people fall victim to such blatant cozenage tactics.
- The cozenage involved falsifying documents and forging signatures to deceive investors.
- Many fell victim to the cozenage, losing their life savings in the process.
- Cozenage thrives on the exploitation of trust and the manipulation of unsuspecting individuals.
- The cozenage artist employed a variety of tactics to conceal the true nature of his fraudulent activities.
FAQs About the word cozenage
a fraudulent business scheme
deceitfulness, cunning, fraud, deceit, cheating,deception, deceptiveness, dissimulation, duplicity, secrecy
artlessness, sincerity, openness, ingenuousness, artlessness, directness, ingenuousness, candor,sincerity, good faith
The elaborate cozenage scheme involved several layers of deception and manipulation.
Detectives were called in to investigate the cozenage that had defrauded numerous investors.
Despite his charming facade, he was engaged in a complex cozenage to embezzle funds from the company.
The cozenage operation preyed on the elderly, exploiting their trust and vulnerability.
