| slovo | definícia |
cozen
(encz) | cozen,oklamat v: Zdeněk Brož |
cozen
(encz) | cozen,ošidit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Cozen
(gcide) | Cozen \Coz"en\, v. i.
To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
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Some cogging, cozening slave. --Shak.
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Cozen
(gcide) | Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence,
literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F.
cousiner.]
To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by
small arts, or in a pitiful way.
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He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay.
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Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the
letters. --Locke.
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Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen
him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.
--Clarendon.
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cozen
(wn) | cozen
v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
2: act with artful deceit
3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man" |
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cozen
(encz) | cozen,oklamat v: Zdeněk Brožcozen,ošidit v: Zdeněk Brož |
cozenage
(encz) | cozenage,podvod n: Zdeněk Brož |
Cozenage
(gcide) | Cozenage \Coz"en*age\ (-[asl]j), n. [See Cozen, and cf.
Cousinage.]
The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. --Shak.
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Cozened
(gcide) | Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence,
literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F.
cousiner.]
To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by
small arts, or in a pitiful way.
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He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay.
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Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the
letters. --Locke.
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Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen
him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.
--Clarendon.
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Cozener
(gcide) | Cozener \Coz"en*er\ (k?z"'n-?r), n.
One who cheats or defrauds.
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Cozening
(gcide) | Cozen \Coz"en\ (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd);
p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence,
literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F.
cousiner.]
To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by
small arts, or in a pitiful way.
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He had cozened the world by fine phrases. --Macaulay.
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Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the
letters. --Locke.
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Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen
him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened.
--Clarendon.
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cozen
(wn) | cozen
v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
2: act with artful deceit
3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man" |
cozenage
(wn) | cozenage
n 1: a fraudulent business scheme [syn: scam, cozenage] |
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