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单词 cozen
释义 coz·en
\ˈkəzən\ verb
(cozened ; cozened ; cozening \-z(ə)niŋ\ ; cozens)
Etymology: obsolete Italian cozzonare to act like a horse trader or knave, to cheat, from cozzone horse trader, matchmaker, from Latin coction-, coctio, cocion-, cocio horse trader
transitive verb
1. : to deceive by artful wheedling or tricky dishonesty : cheat, defraud
 < cozening his unsuspecting and unsophisticated brother >
2. : to beguile craftily : victimize by chicanery : delude, deceive
 < he had cozened the world by fine phrases — T.B.Macaulay >
3. : to bring about, induce, or obtain by artful wheedling or tricky dishonesty
 < cozening the old man into signing the paper >
 < with a conscious knowledge of their art, cozened their supper out of Mrs. Torrelli — John Steinbeck >
intransitive verb
: to act with artful deceit : chisel
 < cheated and plundered by gentlemen who prospered in cozening — V.L.Parrington >
Synonyms: see cheat
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