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Cozen

Cozen Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Cozen? [v] cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man" [v] act with artful deceit [v] be false to; be dishonest with Synonyms \| Synonyms for Cozen: deceive \| delude \| lead on Related Terms \| Find terms related to Cozen: beat \| beguile \| beguile of \| betray \| bilk \| bunco \| burn \| cheat \| chisel \| chouse \| chouse out of \| cog \| cog the dice \| con \| crib \| defraud \| delude \| diddle \| do \| do in \| do out of \| double-cross \| euchre \| finagle \| flam \| fleece \| flimflam \| fob \| fudge \| gouge \| gull \| gyp \| have \| hocus \| hocus-pocus \| humbug \| mislead \| mulct \| overreach \| pack the deal \| pigeon \| practice fraud upon \| rook \| scam \| screw \| sell gold bricks \| sell out \| shave \| shortchange \| stack the cards \| stick \| sting \| swindle \| take a dive \| take in \| thimblerig \| throw a fight \| victimize See Also \| beat \| befool \| betray \| cheat \| cheat \| cheat on \| chisel \| chisel \| cuckold \| ensnare \| entrap \| fob \| fool \| fox \| frame \| gain \| gull \| hoax \| humbug \| play a joke on \| play a trick on \| pull a fast one on \| pull someone's leg \| rip off \| sell \| set up \| shill \| trick \| victimise \| victimize \| wander \| win Cozen In Webster's Dictionary \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. --Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. --Clarendon. \Coz"en\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak.

Cozen Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cozen?

[v] cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
[v] act with artful deceit
[v] be false to; be dishonest with

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cozen: deceive | delude | lead on

Cozen In Webster's Dictionary

\Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence,
literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F.
cousiner.]
To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by
small arts, or in a pitiful way.

      He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay.

      Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the
      letters.                                 --Locke.

      Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen
      him, and expose him to public mirth for having been
      cozened.                                 --Clarendon.


\Coz"en\, v. i.
To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.

      Some cogging, cozening slave.            --Shak.

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