Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cozened} (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cozening} (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] 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. --Macaulay.
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.
Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.