cozen
[verb]
Synonyms: cheat, beat, bilk, defraud, diddle, do, flimflam, gyp, overreach, swindle, deceive, beguile, betray, delude, double-cross, humbug, illude, mislead, sell out, take in

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coz‧en /ˈkʌzən/ verb [transitive] old-fashioned
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from early Italian cozzonare, from cozzone 'buyer and seller of horses', from Latin cocio 'trader']
to trick or deceive someone

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