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  • 31cozen — v. literary 1 tr. (often foll. by of, out of) cheat, defraud. 2 tr. (often foll. by into) beguile; persuade. 3 intr. act deceitfully. Derivatives: cozenage n. Etymology: 16th c. cant, perh. rel. to COUSIN …

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  • 32cousin — cozen …

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  • 33cousin(s) — cozen(s) …

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  • 34Cozened — 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… …

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  • 35Cozening — 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… …

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  • 36cheat — I. verb Etymology: 2cheat Date: 1590 transitive verb 1. to deprive of something valuable by the use of deceit or fraud 2. to influence or lead by deceit, trick, or artifice 3. to elude or thwart by or as if by outwitting < cheat death >&#8230; …

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  • 37William Petre, 4th Baron Petre — (1626 – 5 January 1684), was an English peer, a victim of the Popish Plot.Petre was the eldest son of Robert Petre, third Baron Petre (1599–1638), and Mary (1603–1685), daughter of Anthony Maria Browne, second Viscount Montagu, who had been&#8230; …

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  • 38Milwaukee — This article is about the city in Wisconsin. For other uses, see Milwaukee (disambiguation). Milwaukee &#160;&#160;City&#160;&#160; Top: Milwaukee Skyline, Center Left …

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  • 39cheat — n fraud, fake, deceit, deception, *imposture, counterfeit, sham, humbug Analogous words: hoaxing or hoax, bamboozling or bamboozlement (see corresponding verbs at DUPE): *deception, trickery, chicanery, chicane: charlatan, quack, mountebank,&#8230; …

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  • 40University of Pennsylvania — This article is about the private Philadelphia based Ivy League university, colloquially referred to as Penn . For the public university located in State College, Pennsylvania, and colloquially known as Penn State , see Pennsylvania State&#8230; …

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