verb (used with object)
1.
to swindle; cheat (often followed by of or out of ).
noun
2.
a swindle.
3.
Archaic. a swindler.
4.
Archaic. a dupe.
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chouse
"swindler, swindle," 1650s, from Turk. chaush "sergeant, herald, messenger," but the sense connection is obscure.
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