v. t.
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 ]
v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some cogging, cozening slave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage. ] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who cheats or defrauds. [ 1913 Webster ]