chouse

1. v. t. To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. Source: opted

2. n. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Source: opted

3. n. A trick; sham; imposition. Source: opted

4. n. A swindler. Source: opted

5. v. defeat someone through trickery or deceit Source: wordnet

6. To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.] The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. Landor. 1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras. 2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson. 3. A swindler. B. Jonson. Source: webster

7. To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, tochouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.Landor. Source: adambom

8. v defeat someone through trickery or deceit Source: ecdict

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