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Cozen (Verb)

Act with artful deceit.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

Be false to; be dishonest with.

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

She tried to cozen her boss into giving her the day off by faking an illness.
He cozened his business partners out of their fair share of the profits.
Don't cozen your friends by pretending to be someone you're not.
The travel agent cozened the unsuspecting tourists into buying overpriced package deals.
The con artist cozened the elderly woman out of her life savings with a false investment scheme.

Cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man".

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

The unscrupulous salesman tried to cozen the young woman into buying a timeshare she clearly didn't need.
He cozened her out of thousands of dollars by pretending to be her long-lost nephew in need of financial help.
The con artist cozened the elderly couple into giving him access to their savings account.
The dishonest tax preparer cozened honest citizens out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through deceitful bookkeeping practices.
She cozened the old man into signing over his life insurance policy to her name.