chouse
vt . 欺骗,诈骗
n . 瞒着,欺骗
欺骗,诈骗瞒着,欺骗
chouse v 1 :
defeat someone through trickery or deceit [
synonym : {
cheat },
{
chouse }, {
shaft }, {
screw }, {
chicane }, {
jockey }]
Chouse \
Chouse \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Choused };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Chousing }.] [
From Turk .
ch [=
a ][=
u ]
sh a messenger or interpreter ,
one of whom ,
attached to the Turkish embassy ,
in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of [
pounds ]
4 ,
000 .]
To cheat ,
trick ,
defraud ; --
followed by of ,
or out of ;
as ,
to chouse one out of his money . [
Colloq .]
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1913 Webster ]
The undertaker of the afore -
cited poesy hath choused your highness . --
Landor .
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Chouse \
Chouse \,
n .
1 .
One who is easily cheated ;
a tool ;
a simpleton ;
a gull .
--
Hudibras .
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2 .
A trick ;
sham ;
imposition . --
Johnson .
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3 .
A swindler . --
B .
Jonson .
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19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
chouse ":
artifice ,
beat ,
bilk ,
cheat ,
cozen ,
defraud ,
diddle ,
do ,
feint ,
flimflam ,
gambit ,
gimmick ,
gyp ,
jig ,
overreach ,
play ,
ploy ,
ruse ,
whizzer
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