cozening
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His father traveled hundreds of miles to prisons all over the country, taking him clean clothing, cozening prison officials to allow him a few words with his son.
From Time Magazine Archive
Courtship and cozening can unfold while the players dance the maxixe.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have made a scurvy bargain: art a cozening knave.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade
It goes without saying that he found himself at variance with Scot, who, he declared, reduced witchcraft to a "cozening or poisoning art."
From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein
"Robin Getley, is this the very truth, or art thou cozening me?"
From Master Skylark by John Bennett
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