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.