cozen
/ˈkʌzən/verb
with obj.
1- poetic/literary trick or deceive〈诗/文〉欺骗; 哄骗; 诈骗:
do not think to cozen your contemporaries.
不要动脑筋去欺骗你的同龄人。
1.1
- obtain by deception骗得:
he was able to cozen a profit.
他能骗得利润。
派生词
cozenage
nouncozener
noun词源
late 16th cent.: perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare 'to cheat', from cozzone 'middleman, broker', from Latin cocio 'dealer'.