trouser

Etymology

Back-formation from trousers.

noun

1. (used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to trousers.
   trouser leg
2. (in clothing retail and fashion) A pair of trousers.
   And this is our linen trouser, sir.

verb

1. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) To put (money) into one's trouser pocket; to pocket.
2. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) To secretively steal (an item or money) for personal use.
   Barr, 34, trousered the money from the pub in Lugton, Ayrshire, between January 2016 and February 2018. 2021-09-07, “Greedy pub worker’s assets targeted after he’s convicted of £40,000 embezzlement: Graham Barr trousered over £35,000 while working at the Canny Man in Lugton”, in Daily Record
3. (transitive, Britain, Ireland, informal) 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. 2010, Richard Littlejohn, Littlejohn’s Britain, page 348
   2021-07-14, “Towns trouser cash as billions earmarked for ‘levelling up’ in U.K.”, in The Guardian:
   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. 2022-03-10, “Shell boss earns £6.3million in a year as households and motorists face cost of living crisis”, in Mirror
   The founder and boss of CMC Markets is set to trouser £20million via the company’s dividend payments, even as the group’s profits and revenue fall. 2022-06-09, “CMC Market boss and House of Lords member Peter Cruddas set for bumper dividend as trading platform’s profits and revenue slide”, in thisismoney.co.uk
   Worse still, the driving motivation for all too many of the bosses of water companies appears to be not to improve the environment or to secure London’s water supply but rather to trouser obscene salaries and bonuses 2022-07-04, Feargal Sharkey, “Our taps could run dry and greedy bosses should be prosecuted, writes FEARGAL SHARKEY”, in Daily Mail
   The whopping sum will now be up for grabs on Tuesday when punters will have another chance to trouser the lifechanging amount. 2022-07-17, “LUCKY NUMBERS Euromillions - £191million jackpot rolls over AGAIN with whopping cash prize up for grabs on Tuesday”, in The Sun
   A small piece of the Stone of Destiny broke off during the operation at Westminster Abbey — and Ian's son, Jamie Hamilton, still has it. / "My father had the presence of mind to trouser it and got it set in a brooch, and gave the brooch to my mother," Jamie says. 7 Nov 2022, Marc Fennell, Rosanna Ryan, “When England invaded Scotland, the Stone of Destiny was stolen. Centuries later, four Scots stole it back”, in Australian Broadcasting C RN
   As an example, in the final three months of 2022 (usually a fallow period for airlines), Ryanair trousered a comfortable £222 million in profits - essentially £2m per day. April 19 2023, Christian Wolmar, “We need a cross-party transport policy that supports net zero”, in RAIL, number 981, page 34