Word

cozen, v.
(cozened, cozening, cozens)

cheat or trick
<verb.possession>

cozen

sample sentences

"He cozened the money out of the old man"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

win, gain, acquire cheat, rip off, chisel

act with artful deceit
<verb.social>

cozen

verb frames

Somebody ----s

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

be false to; be dishonest with
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 1

cozen deceive delude lead on

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deceptive deceptive deception deception

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

delusory delusive delusion delusion delusion

semantic pointers

hyponym

betray, sell cheat, chisel shill trick, flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on fool, gull, befool betray, wander, cheat on, cheat, cuckold hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on set up, frame, ensnare, entrap humbug

hypernym

victimize, victimise