cozen
vt .
vi . 欺骗,瞒
欺骗,瞒
cozen v 1 :
be false to ;
be dishonest with [
synonym : {
deceive }, {
lead on },
{
delude }, {
cozen }]
2 :
act with artful deceit 3 :
cheat or trick ; "
He cozened the money out of the old man "
Cozen \
Coz "
en \,
v .
i .
To deceive ;
to cheat ;
to act deceitfully .
[
1913 Webster ]
Some cogging ,
cozening slave . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He had cozened the world by fine phrases . --
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters . --
Locke .
[
1913 Webster ]
Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him ,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened .
--
Clarendon .
[
1913 Webster ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cozen ":
beat ,
beguile ,
beguile of ,
betray ,
bilk ,
bunco ,
burn ,
cheat ,
chisel ,
chouse ,
chouse out of ,
cog ,
cog the dice ,
con ,
crib ,
defraud ,
delude ,
diddle ,
do ,
do in ,
do out of ,
double -
cross ,
euchre ,
finagle ,
flam ,
fleece ,
flimflam ,
fob ,
fudge ,
gouge ,
gull ,
gyp ,
have ,
hocus ,
hocus -
pocus ,
humbug ,
mislead ,
mulct ,
overreach ,
pack the deal ,
pigeon ,
practice fraud upon ,
rook ,
scam ,
screw ,
sell gold bricks ,
sell out ,
shave ,
shortchange ,
stack the cards ,
stick ,
sting ,
swindle ,
take a dive ,
take in ,
thimblerig ,
throw a fight ,
victimize
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