Verb: chouse chaws
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- 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