Synonyms of cozens

cozens

verb

present tense third-person singular of cozen

1

as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

cozened several elderly ladies into believing that he was intending marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• fools
• deceives
• kids
• strings along
• fakes out
• hornswoggles
• teases
• suckers
• dupes
• has on
• does a number on
• stings
• takes in
• gulls
• misleads
• cons
• sucks in
• leads one down the garden path
• deludes
• hoodwinks
• misguides
• leads one up the garden path
• hoaxes
• humbugs
• bamboozles
• snows
• spoofs
• beguiles
• bluffs
• misinforms
• buffaloes
• cheats
• juggles
• snookers
• gaffs
• has
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• catches
• burns
• gammons
• pulls one's leg
• mulcts
• sticks
• puts on
• swindles
• defrauds
• euchres
• flimflams
• shortchanges
• rooks
• diddles
• fleeces
• chisels
• hustles
• bleeds
• skins
• squeezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• shows up
• undeceives
• uncovers
• unmasks
• discloses
• tells
• debunks
• divulges
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disenchants
• disillusions
• disabuses

2

as in cheats

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

cozened scores of people by persuading them to hand over funds that he would "invest"

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheats
• stings
• plucks
• squeezes
• hustles
• sticks
• beats
• shakes down
• screws
• rips off
• tricks
• does
• shorts
• mulcts
• chouses
• deceives
• suckers
• swindles
• bleeds
• thimblerigs
• takes to the cleaners
• cons
• defrauds
• euchres
• victimizes
• flimflams
• shortchanges
• rooks
• fiddles
• stiffs
• diddles
• exploits
• does in
• reams
• bilks
• fools
• fleeces
• chisels
• skins
• hoses
• sells a bill of goods to
• takes for a ride
• skunks
• gaffs
• nobbles
• betrays
• clips
• wrenches
• extorts
• overcharges
• dupes
• ropes (in)
• gouges
• nicks
• milks
• gulls
• soaks
• wrests
• wrings
• bitches
• fast-talks
• bamboozles
• double-crosses