Chouse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Choused (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Chousing.] [From Turk. chāūsh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of £4,000.] To cheat, trick, defraud; — followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money.
The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness.
Landor.