cozenage

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

cozenage
    n 1: a fraudulent business scheme [syn: {scam}, {cozenage}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cozenage \Coz"en*age\ (-[asl]j), n. [See {Cozen}, and cf.
   {Cousinage}.]
   The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]