cozen
verb
- to cheat, trick out of something
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌzən/
name
- A surname.
verb
Etymology: Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare (“to cheat”), from cozzone (“middleman, broker”), from Latin cōciō (“dealer”).
- To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
“[…] good Vulcan, for Cupids sake that hath cousned us all: befriend us as thou maiest […]”
“What diuell was't / That thus hath couſend you at hoodman-blinde?”