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to chouse

to chouse

9.9
To trick someone and take their money or things
  • verb
  • /tʃaʊs/
translation icon : estafar
  • The unscrupulous dealer choused several gullible customers before being caught.

Examples

  • If you are not careful, they will chouse you with false promises and disappear.

  • Legend says the merchant was choused out of his entire fortune by a clever imposter.

  • Don't chouse me!

  • He always chouses his friends out of money.

  • If you are not careful, they will chouse you with false promises and disappear.

  • Legend says the merchant was choused out of his entire fortune by a clever imposter.

  • The unscrupulous dealer choused several gullible customers before being caught.

Synonyms

to screw
vsto chouse
  • Informal
∞ 7.8

To cheat someone to get an advantage, often by lying

is the neutral cheating term, not focused on unfair treatment specifically
to cheat
vsto chouse
474 1.2

To act dishonestly to gain an unfair advantage

is specifically about swindling by trickery rather than any dishonest gain
to trick
vsto chouse
326 3.5

To make someone believe something false so you can get what you want

is about cheating broadly rather than only misleading for advantage
to roll
vsto chouse
  • Slang
128 8.8

To trick someone to take their money or goods

is about cheating generally and does not stress energetic action
to con
vsto chouse
  • Informal
61 7.3

To trick someone into giving their money or things

is the general cheating verb and not only about making someone give things
to scam
vsto chouse
  • NSFW
20 3.9

To trick someone into giving money or their things

is the general cheating term and not limited to deceptive money taking
to swindle
vsto chouse
20 5.5

To cheat someone and take their money by lying

is a broader cheating action not limited to taking money or property
to bamboozle
vsto chouse
  • Informal
11 8.3

To trick someone by pretending you want to help them

is the basic cheating term, not necessarily involving pretense or elaborate plots
to shaft
vsto chouse
  • Informal
11 7.7

To treat someone unfairly or cheat them

is focused on cheating by deception rather than general unfair treatment
to con out of
vsto chouse
  • Slang
6 8.1

To trick someone into giving you their money or other things

is not limited to making others give things and covers other cheating
to diddle
vsto chouse
  • UK
6 8.9

To trick someone so you take their money or things

is about cheating more generally and not limited to taking money
to chisel
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
4 8.9

To cheat someone out of money or things by tricking them

is about cheating generally and not only about getting things
to finagle
vsto chouse
  • Informal
4 8.6

Get what you want by tricking people or using clever dishonest methods

is the general cheating action rather than focusing on clever manipulation
to rook
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
3 9.9

To cheat someone and take their money or things

is used for cheating generally rather than only for taking valuables
to cozen
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To trick someone to get their money or things

is used for cheating in general rather than stressing dishonest gain
to hornswoggle
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To trick someone to take their money or things

is the same action described by a different word
to goldbrick
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
1 9.9

To cheat someone out of money or things

is a general cheating word not only for tricks that steal valuables
to fleeche
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
9.9

To trick someone to take their money or goods

is the modern neutral term for the same deceptive action
to bunco
vsto chouse
  • Archaic
9.9

To cheat someone by lying to get their money

is the general term for cheating by trickery rather than a specific scheme
to con someone
vsto chouse
  • Slang
7.7

To trick someone to get their money

is broader and covers cheating in many forms beyond personal gain

How Deceptive

to defraud
  • Formal
40 6.9
to swindle
20 5.5
to chouse
9.9
to cheat
474 1.2
to trick
326 3.5
to mislead
87 3.9

Surface Forms

chouse infinitive
choused past
choused past participle
chousing present participle
chouses third person singular

Etymology

Chouse probably comes from an old French word meaning 'to cheat' or 'to mock'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a clever trickster who talks kindly and takes your money, because to chouse someone is to swindle or cheat them.