cozen

Meaning

Verb

To become cozy; to become acquainted, comfortable, or familiar with.
To cheat; to defraud; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.

Origin

From cozy + -en.
Perhaps from obsolete Italian cozzonare ("to cheat"), from cozzone, from Latin cocio ("dealer").

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