To distrust a gentleman and repel his advances had been one of the first lessons instilled into her opening mind; nor had she more than emerged from childhood before she knew that a laced coat forewent destruction, and held the wearer of it a Cozener, who in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred kept no faith with a woman beneath him, but lived only to break hearts and bring grey hairs to the grave.
"The Castle Inn"
Stanley John Weyman
About this time the French quack took his leave: the part he had to act was performed: the juggle was complete: and two wretches had triumphed over the sagacity and magnanimity of a sage and a hero, whom misfortune had levelled to folly; and who, in violating the dignity of his own character, had only equalled himself with vulgar knaves; men who exulted that the circumventer was circumvented; or, as they expressed it, "the great Cozener was cozened."
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli
They were foully slain by the device of this tyrant, this Cozener with oaths, this paymaster with a knife.
"Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut"
Wace