Chouse (Verb)
Meaning
Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
Examples
- The politician was accused of using underhanded tactics to chouse his opponent in the election.
- In the game of cards, he managed to chouse his friend out of all his money.
- He tried to chouse the store owner by returning a broken item he had purchased months ago.
- His opponent in chess proved too cunning and tried to chouse him with an elaborate trap.
- The company's rivals were found guilty of trying to chouse their competitors through industrial espionage.