cozened

verb cozened

• bamboozled — to deceive or get the better of (someone) by trickery, flattery, or the like; humbug; hoodwink (often followed by into): They bamboozled us into joining the club. Synonyms: gyp, dupe, trick, cheat, swindle, defraud, flimflam, hoax, gull, rook; delude, mislead, fool.
• bilked — to defraud; cheat: He bilked the government of almost a million dollars.
• cheated — to defraud; swindle: He cheated her out of her inheritance.
• chiseled — If you say that someone, usually a man, has chiseled features, you mean that their face has a strong, clear bone structure.
• defrauded — to deprive of a right, money, or property by fraud: Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.