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Cozened

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.

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.

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cozened

vb. (en-past of: cozen)

Usage examples of "cozened".

Tis said that since time began women have cozened men and vice versa, and that this is inevitable and that one or the other will always prevail.

I'd rather it had been any man than him I cozened, but I was pressed hard.