noun. One who cozens; one who cheats or defrauds.

noun. One who cheats or defrauds.

noun. An imposter, a swindler.

"He had "a deal of candied courtesy," especially for the women; and though his sturdy manhood and the excellent opinion of himself -- both of which came to him from his ancestry -- usually preserved him from the charge of servility, he was sometimes a "cozener" whose conscience annoyed him with very few scruples."

cozen  cozenage