COZEN
Dictionary entry overview: What does cozen mean?
• COZEN (verb)
The verb COZEN has 3 senses:
1. be false to; be dishonest with
2. act with artful deceit
3. cheat or trick
Familiarity information: COZEN used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• COZEN (verb)
Meaning:
Be false to; be dishonest with
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on
Hypernyms (to "cozen" is one way to...):
victimise; victimize (make a victim of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cozen"):
betray; sell (deliver to an enemy by treachery)
cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
shill (act as a shill)
flim-flam; fob; fox; play a trick on; pull a fast one on; trick (deceive somebody)
befool; fool; gull (make a fool or dupe of)
betray; cheat; cheat on; cuckold; wander (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage)
hoax; play a joke on; pull someone's leg (subject to a playful hoax or joke)
ensnare; entrap; frame; set up (take or catch as if in a snare or trap)
humbug (trick or deceive)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Act with artful deceit
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "cozen" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Cheat or trick
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
He cozened the money out of the old man
Hypernyms (to "cozen" is one way to...):
acquire; gain; win (win something through one's efforts)
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
