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 coz·en /ˈkʌzən/
 (vt.)(vi.)欺騙,瞞

 Coz·en v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening ]  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.

 Coz·en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
    Some cogging, cozening slave.   --Shak.
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 cozen
      v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on, delude]
      2: act with artful deceit
      3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"