cozen

coz·en

C0712400 (kŭz′ən)v. coz·ened, coz·en·ing, coz·ens v.tr.1. To mislead by means of a petty trick or fraud; deceive.2. To persuade or induce to do something by cajoling or wheedling.3. To obtain by deceit or persuasion.v.intr. To act deceitfully.

[Probably ultimately (perhaps via Middle English cosin, fraud, trickery) from Old French cosson, middleman, trader, or obsolete Italian cozzonare, to cheat (from Italian cozzone, horse-trader), both ultimately from Latin cōciō, coctiō, dealer, perhaps of Etruscan origin.]

coz′en·er n.

cozen

(ˈkʌzən) vbto cheat or trick (someone)[C16: cant term perhaps related to cousin] ˈcozenage n ˈcozener n

coz•en

(ˈkʌz ən)

v.t., v.i. to cheat, deceive, or trick. [1565–75; perhaps < Old North French coçonner to resell, v. derivative of coçon retailer (< Latin coctiōnem, acc. of coctiō, cōciō dealer)] coz′en•er, n.

cozen

Past participle: cozened
Gerund: cozening

Imperative
cozen
cozen

Present
I cozen
you cozen
he/she/it cozens
we cozen
you cozen
they cozen

Preterite
I cozened
you cozened
he/she/it cozened
we cozened
you cozened
they cozened

Present Continuous
I am cozening
you are cozening
he/she/it is cozening
we are cozening
you are cozening
they are cozening

Present Perfect
I have cozened
you have cozened
he/she/it has cozened
we have cozened
you have cozened
they have cozened

Past Continuous
I was cozening
you were cozening
he/she/it was cozening
we were cozening
you were cozening
they were cozening

Past Perfect
I had cozened
you had cozened
he/she/it had cozened
we had cozened
you had cozened
they had cozened

Future
I will cozen
you will cozen
he/she/it will cozen
we will cozen
you will cozen
they will cozen

Future Perfect
I will have cozened
you will have cozened
he/she/it will have cozened
we will have cozened
you will have cozened
they will have cozened

Future Continuous
I will be cozening
you will be cozening
he/she/it will be cozening
we will be cozening
you will be cozening
they will be cozening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cozening
you have been cozening
he/she/it has been cozening
we have been cozening
you have been cozening
they have been cozening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cozening
you will have been cozening
he/she/it will have been cozening
we will have been cozening
you will have been cozening
they will have been cozening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cozening
you had been cozening
he/she/it had been cozening
we had been cozening
you had been cozening
they had been cozening

Conditional
I would cozen
you would cozen
he/she/it would cozen
we would cozen
you would cozen
they would cozen

Past Conditional
I would have cozened
you would have cozened
he/she/it would have cozened
we would have cozened
you would have cozened
they would have cozened

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	cozen - be false to; be dishonest withdeceive, delude, lead onbetray, sell - deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"victimise, victimize - make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"shill - act as a shill; "The shill bid for the expensive carpet during the auction in order to drive the price up"flim-flam, fob, fox, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick, play a joke on - deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"befool, fool, gull - make a fool or dupe ofcheat on, cuckold, wander, betray, cheat - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"hoax, play a joke on, pull someone's leg - subject to a playful hoax or jokeensnare, entrap, frame, set up - take or catch as if in a snare or trap; "I was set up!"; "The innocent man was framed by the police"humbug - trick or deceive
	2.	cozen - act with artful deceitchisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
	3.	cozen - cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"gain, win, acquire - win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance"cheat, rip off, chisel - deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"

cozen

verb1. To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:beguile, betray, bluff, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, mislead, take in, trick.Informal: bamboozle, have.Slang: four-flush.Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.2. To get money or something else from by deceitful trickery:bilk, cheat, defraud, gull, mulct, rook, swindle, victimize.Informal: chisel, flimflam, take, trim.Slang: diddle, do, gyp, stick, sting.

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verb to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation

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verb to get money or something else from by deceitful trickery

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verb be false to

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verb act with artful deceit

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verb cheat or trick

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