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UK
/kˈəʊzən/
]
VERB
- act with artful deceit
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cheat or trick
He cozened the money out of the old man - be false to; be dishonest with
How To Use cozen In A Sentence
- This, along with all the arguments against ratification of the EU Constitution, is something which we need to ram home at this moment when our electorate is so alive to the notion that they are being cozened by Labour and the Liberal ‘Democrats’ about the true effect of this Treaty. Archive 2008-02-03
- This is how the deceivers are deceived, for he who can cozen me is shrewd indeed.
- Page 36 serve for the resort and refuge of masterles men and other idle and evill dispozed persons, and are the cause of cozenages, thefts, and other dishonest conversacion and may also be used to cover dangerous practizes. Wrong Side of the River: London's disreputable South Bank in the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jessica A. Browner
- Her uncle cozened her out of her inheritance.
- And even if there were, I would never be cozened by empty promises. Secrets of the Tudor Court
- Therewithal she rightly apprehends the danger Bertram is in from the wordy, cozening squirt, the bedizened, scoundrelly dandiprat, who has so beguiled his youth and ignorance. Shakespeare His Life Art And Characters
- A clever lawyer can cozen the prisoner into an admission of guilt.
- Pledge opponent Michael Newdow fittingly will also appear at this convention of cozenage. Archive 2004-09-12
- Where was the stash of brandy bottles; the hidden box of dream-smoke herb so beloved of the laboring classes; the stash of gambling winnings or record of debts; the bundle of perfumed love letters from some cozening lowborn female looking to snare a Mageborn son? Tran Siberian
- Composition rights are subdivided into publishing rights, which record companies often cozen the unsuspecting into signing away.