What's the difference between cozening and fraud?

Cozening


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cozen

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Darrall Cozens (Member of Labour party for 50 years), Coventry • Labour leadership contender Yvette Cooper joins other senior party figures in equating “wealth creation” with big business ( Jarvis backs Burnham in Labour race as rival runners feel squeeze , 19 May).
  • (2) Cozens, the attorney who was attacked by a friend of Ashker in 1990, is more cautious.
  • (3) "Todd is a very dangerous man in terms of his ability to do things," says Cozens, who is still a criminal defence lawyer.
  • (4) The knowledge and guile of their managers enabled them to corrupt and cozen all too many of the region’s elected public officials and to thwart the legitimate aspirations of the people.” Even during the War on Poverty, as billions of dollars were poured into the region, programmes were hijacked to serve politicians and money was diverted by members of Congress to prop up support in constituencies far from those for which it was intended.
  • (5) During the trial another inmate stabbed and wounded Ashker's attorney, Philip Cozens, in what Cozens believes was an attempt to provoke a mistrial.
  • (6) In contrast, the sequence showed substantial differences from that corresponding to a putative ferredoxin gene from Synechococcus 6301 reported by Cozens & Walker [(1988) Biochem.

Fraud


Definition:

  • (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
  • (n.) An intentional perversion of truth for the purpose of obtaining some valuable thing or promise from another.
  • (n.) A trap or snare.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) TalkTalk said customers should monitor their accounts over the coming months and report anything unusual to Action Fraud.
  • (2) But most instances are more mundane: the majority of fraud cases in recent years have emerged from scientists either falsifying images – deliberately mislabelling scans and micrographs – or fabricating or altering their recorded data.
  • (3) Casadevall said the pressures to commit fraud came from many sources - not least the competition for scarce funding for research.
  • (4) He is, by any measure, one of the biggest scientific frauds of all time.
  • (5) How much more is this than the amount lost to fraud?
  • (6) In April, Ronnie was charged with a series of offences relating to an alleged £1m fraud at the retailer.
  • (7) Compare the billions lost through tax avoidance to the £1.2bn lost through benefit fraud, an issue that remains the news fodder of choice for the rightwing press.
  • (8) Many have degrees or work in professional fields, and feel embarrassed by the fact they have become a victim of fraud.
  • (9) The speciality steels division faces a Serious Fraud Office investigation and some of its top staff are suspended , which could complicate a sale.
  • (10) This Comment explores issues concerning the control of fraud and abuse in health programs financed with public funds, specifically the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  • (11) In a recent decision, Commonwealth v. Kobrin, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a psychiatrist being investigated for possible Medicaid fraud did not have to turn over all of his notes concerning therapy sessions.
  • (12) "No, it's a stunt, a fraud," cry Lib Dems, Clegg's leftie critics included.
  • (13) The once squeaky-clean Spanish royal family has become immersed in a growing fraud scandal that reveals how members of King Juan Carlos's family may have cashed in on the monarchy's good name.
  • (14) Transparency news Man of the week - Nigerian Fifa executive Amos Adamu: July – tells four Nigerian officials charged with fraud to fight in court to clear their names.
  • (15) We know that markets can be gamed, and that fraud and false information undermine their efficiency.
  • (16) Britain's Serious Fraud Office has launched a formal criminal investigation into GlaxoSmithKline's sales practices, piling further pressure on the drugmaker which is already being investigated by Chinese authorities and elsewhere amid allegations of bribery.
  • (17) GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Awards or any feature thereof with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected, or actual fraud).
  • (18) Most vacancies are now advertised over the internet and claimants are encouraged to apply online to help them prepare for the world of work.” The disclosure of the revenue generated by BT came after the Observer revealed that 85% of benefit fraud allegations made by the public to a telephone hotline or online over the last five years were false.
  • (19) In 2012, Britain was among the donors that suspended all direct aid to the Ugandan prime minister's office over allegations of fraud.
  • (20) Only shop online on secure sites Before entering your card details, always ensure that the locked padlock or unbroken key symbol is showing in your browser, cautions industry advisory body Financial Fraud Action UK.

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