Synonyms of cozening

cozening

verb

present participle of cozen

1

as in deceiving

to cause to believe what is untrue

cozened several elderly ladies into believing that he was intending marriage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceiving
• tricking
• fooling
• gulling
• humbugging
• conning
• deluding
• teasing
• duping
• hoodwinking
• hoaxing
• misleading
• bamboozling
• kidding
• suckering
• misguiding
• bluffing
• beguiling
• cheating
• misinforming
• stinging
• gaffing
• juggling
• snookering
• sucking in
• burning
• stringing along
• spoofing
• taking in
• catching
• having on
• gammoning
• having
• snowing
• doing a number on
• buffaloing
• leading one up the garden path
• hornswoggling
• faking out
• leading one down the garden path
• pulling one's leg
• mulcting
• pulling the wool over one's eyes
• swindling
• defrauding
• sticking
• fleecing
• putting on
• diddling
• rooking
• chiselling
• shortchanging
• bleeding
• hustling
• chiseling
• squeezing
• flimflamming
• skinning
• euchring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• revealing
• uncovering
• undeceiving
• unmasking
• debunking
• disclosing
• telling
• showing up
• divulging
• unveiling
• uncloaking
• disillusioning
• disabusing
• disenchanting

2

as in cheating

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

• cheating
• plucking
• stinging
• squeezing
• hustling
• screwing
• sticking
• deceiving
• mulcting
• beating
• doing
• conning
• swindling
• defrauding
• tricking
• victimizing
• fleecing
• bleeding
• bilking
• exploiting
• suckering
• diddling
• rooking
• shorting
• fiddling
• chiselling
• shortchanging
• nobbling
• reaming
• stiffing
• fooling
• gaffing
• shaking down
• chiseling
• betraying
• skinning
• ripping off
• flimflamming
• hosing
• doing in
• extorting
• thimblerigging
• taking for a ride
• euchring
• taking to the cleaners
• wrenching
• selling a bill of goods to
• gulling
• chousing
• clipping
• gouging
• duping
• skunking
• nicking
• overcharging
• milking
• wringing
• wresting
• soaking
• bamboozling
• double-crossing
• bitching
• roping (in)
• fast-talking