cappabar

Etymology
. First attested 1818 as. Dated or obsolete by the early 20th century.

Noun

 * 1)  a misappropriation of government property; embezzlement or fraud carried out in the management of a ship.
 * If e'er the Fortune of the war Gave him a Prize, he'd cap a bar Like blazes--but stand clear! that elf Who dared to steal besides himself.
 * 1) * Patrick O'Brian, *The Mauritius Command.*
 * disposing of His Majesty's property was an immemorial practice among His Majesty's servants [...] and in the Navy it went by the name of cappabar. —
 * disposing of His Majesty's property was an immemorial practice among His Majesty's servants [...] and in the Navy it went by the name of cappabar. —