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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i.
To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cozen
v 1: be false to be dishonest with [syn: {deceive}, {lead on}, {delude}]
2: act with artful deceit
3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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