The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chousing
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 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.
Wiktionary
chousing
vb. (present participle of chouse English)
Usage examples of "chousing".
I hardly think the notion applies to chousing a cheat out of his ill-gotten gains.