'Cozen' definitions:

Definition of 'cozen'

(from WordNet)
verb
Be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on, delude, cozen]
verb
Act with artful deceit
verb
Cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"

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'

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Words containing 'Cozen'