trouser
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaʊzə/ / /ˈtɹaʊzɚ/
noun
Etymology: Back-formation from trousers.
- Of or relating to trousers.
“'trouser leg”
- A pair of trousers.
“And this is our linen trouser, sir.”
verb
Etymology: Back-formation from trousers.
- To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
- To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use.
“Your aunt told him to pack Upjohn's bags, and the first thing he saw when he smacked into it was the speech. He trousered it and brought it along to me.”
“Barr, 34, trousered the money from the pub in Lugton, Ayrshire, between January 2016 and February 2018.”
- To take and keep (something, especially money, that is not one's own); to pocket.
“Politicians know how to look after themselves. Derry Irvine, Blair’s old boss, trousered a pension fund worth £2.3 million after just five years as Lord Chancellor - all courtesy of the tax payer.”
“Andy Prendergast, national secretary of the GMB union, said: “To see the boss of Shell trouser more than £6million while bills are crippling families and countries scrabble around trying to ditch Russian gas is abhorrent.”