Crookery
Crookery noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: the dealer encouraged his sales reps to engage in crookery of all sorts, so long as it sold cars
Cozenage
Cozenage noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family treasures for a song
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and crookery
- deception and cozenage
- cunning and crookery
- cunning and cozenage
- double-dealing and crookery
- double-dealing and cozenage
- fraud and crookery
- fraud and cozenage
- dishonesty and crookery
- dishonesty and cozenage
- trickery and crookery
- trickery and cozenage
- dissimulation and crookery
- dissimulation and cozenage
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