chouse

chouse [chous] Word Origin verb (used with object), choused, chous·ing.

1. to swindle; cheat (often followed by of or out of).

noun

2. a swindle.
3. Archaic. a swindler.
4. Archaic. a dupe.

Origin of chouse First recorded in 1600–10; perhaps to be identified with chiaus Related formschous·er, noun Word Origin and History for chouser chouse n.

“swindler, swindle,” 1650s, said to be from Turkish chaush “sergeant, herald, messenger,” but the sense connection is obscure.