English
Verb
en-verb
- obsolete To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
Quotations
1602 : w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, s:Hamlet|Hamlet , act III scene 2
:[...] What devil was't
:That thus hath cozened you at hoodman-blind?
2006 : w:Tool|Tool, w:The Pot|The Pot from w:10,000 Days|10,000 Days,
:"Now you're weeping shades of cozened indigo..."
References
Webster's New School and Office Dictionary, copyright 1962
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