Crossword clues for cozened
cozened
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
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.