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Cheats some relations, I hear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cozens

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'cheats' is the definition.
(cozening is a kind of cheating)

'some relations i hear' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'relations' could be 'ns' (N is an example) and 'ns' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'coze' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for cozens that I've seen is " Tricks".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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