Cozen (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.
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He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macaulay.
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Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke.
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Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.
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