cozen: to deceive or obtain by deceit.

The land was rife, rife with loathsome creatures, each sucking the lifeforce from whatever they could. An apocalypse is a terrible thing to waste. A wasteland is the breeding ground for all sorts of flesh-tearing terror. Old cans are torn open by knives, or even bear hands where the flesh is weak from rust. Everything has its contents gouged out, ready for consumption. "Devoured till death" is the epitaph on the land's tombstone. She was tricked into it, her gifts cozened out of her by her own true love, her babe, her progeny.