'Cozen' definitions:
Definition of 'cozen'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Cozen'
From: GCIDE
- Cozen \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. [1913 Webster]
- He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cozen'
From: GCIDE
- Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. [1913 Webster]
- Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cozen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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