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  1. 1. v. t. To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. be false to; be dishonest with Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. act with artful deceit Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. cheat or trick Source: wordnet
  6. 6. To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak. Source: webster
  7. 7. To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by smallarts, or in a pitiful way.He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay.Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke.Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and exposehim to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon. Source: adambom
  8. 8. v. act with artful deceit v. cheat or trick Source: ecdict

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