Synonyms of cozened

cozened

verb

past tense of cozen

1

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

cozened several elderly ladies into believing that he was intending marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• gulled
• humbugged
• misled
• duped
• burnt
• teased
• deluded
• hoodwinked
• kidded
• hornswoggled
• conned
• beguiled
• snookered
• suckered
• bamboozled
• bluffed
• cheated
• misinformed
• stung
• buffaloed
• strung along
• misguided
• hoaxed
• juggled
• sucked in
• gaffed
• spoofed
• burned
• had on
• caught
• snowed
• had
• gammoned
• took in
• faked out
• did a number on
• mulcted
• led one up the garden path
• defrauded
• swindled
• pulled one's leg
• led one down the garden path
• rooked
• fleeced
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• put on
• euchred
• stuck
• diddled
• hustled
• shortchanged
• flimflammed
• bled
• chiselled
• chiseled
• skinned
• squeezed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceived
• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• unmasked
• showed up
• disclosed
• told
• divulged
• debunked
• unveiled
• disillusioned
• disabused
• disenchanted
• uncloaked

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• undeceived
• revealed
• exposed
• uncovered
• unmasked
• showed up
• disclosed
• told
• divulged
• debunked
• unveiled
• disillusioned
• disabused
• disenchanted
• uncloaked

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2

as in cheated

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

• cheated
• plucked
• stung
• hustled
• squeezed
• screwed
• deceived
• stuck
• mulcted
• beat
• tricked
• defrauded
• swindled
• rooked
• conned
• victimized
• fleeced
• did
• flimflammed
• bilked
• bled
• suckered
• euchred
• exploited
• diddled
• reamed
• shortchanged
• stiffed
• shorted
• fiddled
• nobbled
• skinned
• fooled
• betrayed
• chiseled
• gaffed
• chiselled
• hosed
• shook down
• ripped off
• choused
• skunked
• extorted
• wrenched
• thimblerigged
• did in
• gulled
• took for a ride
• took to the cleaners
• clipped
• sold a bill of goods to
• wrung
• duped
• gouged
• nicked
• milked
• wrested
• overcharged
• soaked
• double-crossed
• bamboozled
• roped (in)
• bitched
• fast-talked