" cozen "

1: to cause to believe what is untrue;

  * e.g., " ... cozened several elderly ladies into believing that he was intending marriage "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bamboozle,

•  beguile,

•  bluff,

•  buffalo,

•  burn,

•  catch,

•  con,

•  deceive,

•  delude,

•  dupe,

•  fake out,

•  fool,

•  gaff,

•  gammon,

•  gull,

•  have,

•  have on,

•  hoax,

•  hoodwink,

•  hornswoggle,

•  humbug,

•  juggle,

•  misguide,

•  misinform,

•  mislead,

•  snooker,

•  snow,

•  spoof,

•  string along,

•  suck in,

•  sucker,

•  take in,

•  trick

•  Antonyms : 

•  undeceive

2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;

  * e.g., " ... cozened scores of people by persuading them to hand over funds that he would invest "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat,

•  bilk,

•  bleed,

•  cheat,

•  chisel,

•  chouse,

•  con,

•  defraud,

•  diddle,

•  do,

•  do in,

•  euchre,

•  fiddle,

•  fleece,

•  flimflam,

•  gaff,

•  hose,

•  hustle,

•  mulct,

•  nobble,

•  pluck,

•  ream,

•  rip off,

•  rook,

•  screw,

•  shake down,

•  short,

•  shortchange,

•  skin,

•  skunk,

•  squeeze,

•  stick,

•  stiff,

•  sting,

•  sucker,

•  swindle,

•  thimblerig,

•  victimize

•  Antonyms : 

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