Cozen /(k?z"'n)/

Coz·en

Cozen

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Cozened; p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening

  1. 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.
    Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters.
    Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.

Cozen

v. i.
  1. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
    Some cogging, cozening slave.