Definition of "cozening" []

• Present participle of cozen. (verb)
• Fraud; deception; the acts of one who cozens (noun)

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• "I have a suspicion that McKenna was trying to schmooze Scalia when he made the trust-but-verify comment, and Scalia recognized that attempt and threw back "I like it", replicating the exchange between Reagan and Gorbachev, but probably not swayed by McKenna's cozening."
• "Where was the stash of brandy bottles; the hidden box of dream-smoke herb so beloved of the laboring classes; the stash of gambling winnings or record of debts; the bundle of perfumed love letters from some cozening lowborn female looking to snare a Mageborn son?"
• "I will not forget this — and the current SFWA executive should consider that cozening and lying to their own members is not usually considered best practice for representing the members 'best interests."