Found 3 items, similar to Cozen.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cozen
memperdaya, menipu
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cozen
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”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cozen
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.
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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
\Coz"en\, v. i.
To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
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Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak.
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