cozenage
Noun
Meaning
The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
scam
swindle
lying
fraud
fake
deception
betrayal
imposition
cheating
treachery
cheat
austerity
deceit
delusion
juggling
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Examples
Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities . . . are the greatest cozenage that men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to break known rules by.