v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Choused ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.]
[From Turk. chāūsh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of £4,000.]
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. Hudibras.
2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.
3. A swindler. B. Jonson.
