Definition of cozen in English:

cozen

verb ˈkʌz(ə)nˈkəz(ə)n

[with object]literary

1Trick or deceive.
do not think to cozen your contemporaries
Example sentencesExamples
- To be fair, the book is not a pulp romance, although it cozens its readers with the content of pulp romance.
- A pamphlet of 1595 described how one Judith Philips ‘cozened’ a rich man.
- There is a foolish country knight, Sir Nicholas Cully, whom two rogues cozen out of £1,000.
- A good speech is not full of subtle rhetoric, cozening shifts in vocal tone, and facial nuance.
- Composition rights are subdivided into publishing rights, which record companies often cozen the unsuspecting into signing away.
- This is how the deceivers are deceived, for he who can cozen me is shrewd indeed.
Synonyms
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile
1. 1.1 Obtain by deception.
  he was able to cozen a profit
  Example sentencesExamples
  There, world domination, monetary and military, is cozened.

Derivatives

cozenage

noun ˈkʌzənɪdʒˈkəz(ə)nədʒ

mass noun

literary

The practice of deception; trickery.
stories of cozenage and disguise
Example sentencesExamples
- One of the cozenages he learned was to apparently read a deck of cards from the back without a miss.
- It's all just a cozenage to make us do more work because the teachers are inconceivably masochistic.
- Among the most piercing remarks that may be levelled against a journalist is that she perpetrated any form of cozenage upon the readership.

cozener

noun

literary

They are ‘cozeners’ who defraud their victims of money and household goods.
Example sentencesExamples
- Its characters are all louche brutes, cozeners and wheedlers - all save the heroine, Bradshaw.
- The usurer will go on hanging the cozener as long as we have a society based, in part, on usury.
- He had already confessed himself before witnesses to adultery and was commonly known to be a cozener or defrauder of men.
- By now, however, the anonymous cozener may have disposed of it.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare 'to cheat', from cozzone 'middleman, broker', from Latin cocio 'dealer'.

Rhymes

cousin, dozen

Definition of cozen in US English:

cozen

verbˈkəz(ə)nˈkəz(ə)n

[with object]literary

1Trick or deceive.
do not think to cozen your contemporaries
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a foolish country knight, Sir Nicholas Cully, whom two rogues cozen out of £1,000.
- A pamphlet of 1595 described how one Judith Philips ‘cozened’ a rich man.
- This is how the deceivers are deceived, for he who can cozen me is shrewd indeed.
- To be fair, the book is not a pulp romance, although it cozens its readers with the content of pulp romance.
- A good speech is not full of subtle rhetoric, cozening shifts in vocal tone, and facial nuance.
- Composition rights are subdivided into publishing rights, which record companies often cozen the unsuspecting into signing away.
Synonyms
deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile
1. 1.1 Obtain by deception.
  he was able to cozen a profit
  Example sentencesExamples
  There, world domination, monetary and military, is cozened.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare ‘to cheat’, from cozzone ‘middleman, broker’, from Latin cocio ‘dealer’.

单词	cozen
释义	Definition of cozen in English: cozen verb ˈkʌz(ə)nˈkəz(ə)n [with object]literary 1Trick or deceive. do not think to cozen your contemporaries Example sentencesExamples To be fair, the book is not a pulp romance, although it cozens its readers with the content of pulp romance. A pamphlet of 1595 described how one Judith Philips ‘cozened’ a rich man. There is a foolish country knight, Sir Nicholas Cully, whom two rogues cozen out of £1,000. A good speech is not full of subtle rhetoric, cozening shifts in vocal tone, and facial nuance. Composition rights are subdivided into publishing rights, which record companies often cozen the unsuspecting into signing away. This is how the deceivers are deceived, for he who can cozen me is shrewd indeed. Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile 1.1 Obtain by deception. he was able to cozen a profit Example sentencesExamples There, world domination, monetary and military, is cozened. Derivatives cozenage noun ˈkʌzənɪdʒˈkəz(ə)nədʒ mass nounliterary The practice of deception; trickery. stories of cozenage and disguise Example sentencesExamples One of the cozenages he learned was to apparently read a deck of cards from the back without a miss. It's all just a cozenage to make us do more work because the teachers are inconceivably masochistic. Among the most piercing remarks that may be levelled against a journalist is that she perpetrated any form of cozenage upon the readership. cozener noun literary They are ‘cozeners’ who defraud their victims of money and household goods. Example sentencesExamples Its characters are all louche brutes, cozeners and wheedlers - all save the heroine, Bradshaw. The usurer will go on hanging the cozener as long as we have a society based, in part, on usury. He had already confessed himself before witnesses to adultery and was commonly known to be a cozener or defrauder of men. By now, however, the anonymous cozener may have disposed of it. Origin Late 16th century: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare 'to cheat', from cozzone 'middleman, broker', from Latin cocio 'dealer'. Rhymes cousin, dozen Definition of cozen in US English: cozen verbˈkəz(ə)nˈkəz(ə)n [with object]literary 1Trick or deceive. do not think to cozen your contemporaries Example sentencesExamples There is a foolish country knight, Sir Nicholas Cully, whom two rogues cozen out of £1,000. A pamphlet of 1595 described how one Judith Philips ‘cozened’ a rich man. This is how the deceivers are deceived, for he who can cozen me is shrewd indeed. To be fair, the book is not a pulp romance, although it cozens its readers with the content of pulp romance. A good speech is not full of subtle rhetoric, cozening shifts in vocal tone, and facial nuance. Composition rights are subdivided into publishing rights, which record companies often cozen the unsuspecting into signing away. Synonyms deceive, delude, hoodwink, mislead, take in, dupe, fool, double-cross, cheat, defraud, swindle, outwit, outmanoeuvre, catch out, gull, hoax, bamboozle, beguile 1.1 Obtain by deception. he was able to cozen a profit Example sentencesExamples There, world domination, monetary and military, is cozened. Origin Late 16th century: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare ‘to cheat’, from cozzone ‘middleman, broker’, from Latin cocio ‘dealer’.
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