cozen

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to cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation

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to get money or something else from by deceitful trickery

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Synonyms for cozen

act with artful deceit

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cheat or trick

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Pamphleteers characterized cozeners, those who commit fraud, and rogues, for example, by pointing out their proximity to animals.
Richard III's animalistic criminal body
The gap between the gulls' faith in magic and the cozeners' theatrical manipulation of reality to effect that faith is a standard topic in current criticism of the play.
Mathew R. Martin. Between Theater and Philosophy: Skepticism in the Major City Comedies of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton
(35) Ibid, Appendix 2: 'Theeves, whore-mongers, cozeners', item 22.; Harington's great lady, item 25; 'All manner of vagrant and lewd persons', item 28; 'Base clown...
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