verb
- present participle of chouse; to cheat or swindle someone out of money or property
Usage: archaic; informal
noun
- the act or practice of cheating or swindling
Usage: archaic; informal
Examples
- He was caught chousing his business partners out of thousands of dollars.
- The chousing scheme involved fake investment opportunities.
- They accused him of chousing them in the card game.
- His reputation was ruined after the chousing scandal became public.
- The merchant warned others about the chousing tactics used by that trader.