Chouse /(?)/

Chouse

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Choused; p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing

  1. 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.

Chouse

n.
  1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.
  2. A trick; sham; imposition.
  3. A swindler.