[f. prec.]
1. trans. To place in an exchequer or treasury; to treasure up. Obs. rare–1.
1705. Hickeringill, Priest-cr., II. vii. 67. Vast Bulk and Heaps of Treasure exchequer’d in the Lateran Palace.
2. To proceed against (a person) in the Court of Exchequer.
1809. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 408/2. The lord was exchequered; that is, the attorney-general filed his information against him.
1844. J. T. Hewlett, Parsons & W., III. xl. 71. If ever he heard of Titus Dowell shooting or hunting on his grounds again, he would exchequer him as sure as he was born.
1864. Sir F. Palgrave, Norm. & Eng., IV. 215. Anselm was Exchequered for the imputed fault.
b. (See quot. 1867).
1828. Southey, in Q. Rev., XXXVIII. 93. The vessel was seized by a custom-house officer, brought back and exchequered.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Exchequered. Seized by government officers as contraband.
