About The Word Cozen
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Cozen
Cozen Definition And Meaning |
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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. |
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