Cozen
Cozen (k?z"'n) , transitive verb
[From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, French 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.
Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters.
Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.
Cozen , intransitive verb
To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Some cogging, cozening slave.