GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Cozen , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening . ] [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.
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   He had cozened the world by fine phrases.
   Macaulay.
   
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   Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters.
   Locke.
   
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   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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   Cozen, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
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   Some cogging, cozening slave.
   Shak.
   
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