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chouse

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欺騙,詐騙瞞著,欺騙

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chouse \Chouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Choused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Chousing}.] [From Turk. ch[=a][=u]sh a messenger or
   interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in
   1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of
   [pounds]4,000.]
   To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as,
   to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]

         The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused
         your highness.                           --Landor.

Chouse \Chouse\, n.
   1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull.
      --Hudibras.

   2. A trick; sham; imposition. --Johnson.

   3. A swindler. --B. Jonson.

資料來源 : WordNet®

chouse
     v : defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
         [syn: {cheat}, {shaft}, {screw}, {chicane}, {jockey}]
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