chouse /ˈʧaʊs/
(vt.)欺騙,詐騙瞞著,欺騙
Chouse v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] 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.
Chouse, n.
1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.
2. A trick; sham; imposition.
3. A swindler.
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chouse
v : defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
[syn: cheat, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey]