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Verb: chouse  chaws
Usage: archaic
  1. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit
    "The con artist choused the unsuspecting victim out of their savings";
    - cheat, shaft [informal], screw [informal], chicane, jockey

Derived forms: chouses, choused, chousing

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, shell [US], trounce, vanquish

Encyclopedia: Chouse