COZEN, verb transitive 1. To cheat; to defraud. He that suffers a government to be abused by carelessness and neglect, does the same thing with him that corruptly sets himself to cozen it. 2. To deceive; to beguile. Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI