cozener
nounUK /ˈkʌzənə/
Etymology From cozen (“cheat, defraud”) + -er.
1
An imposter, a swindler.
- The usurer hangs the cozener.1606, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of King Lear:
- Yet the difference between players and cozeners was not always secure.1993, Richard Burt, Licensed by authority: Ben Jonson and the discourses of censorship: