cozen
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cozen
Now here is a word I was not familiar with until just this morning. It means to defraud or cheat. But even more interesting is that it comes from the French "cousiner" and yes it is "related" to cousin, as it is cheating on the pretext of being a cousin. I do not know about any of you, but if a stranger approached me and claimed that he was my cousin and wanted to borrow $1,000 I would be more than a little suspicious.
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Re: cozen
There is also an expression "cozen up to" someone, which I've always taken as in your last example, i.e. To get close to someone to ask for something.
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