exchequered

And perhaps it may be remarked here, since we commonly say of a man in difficulties that he is "exchequered" or in "chancery," that so we probably intend to express the same, when we say a man is _hanapered_, or _hampered_.

Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 Various

The alleged Confederate gun-boat Alexandra has been "exchequered" at Liverpool, and it is stated that the Government contemplate legal proceedings against the builders.

The Alleged Confederate Gun-boat 1863

Warhorror if ever in all his exchequered career he up or lave a chancery hand to take or throw the sign of a mortal stick or stone at man, yoelamb or salvation army either before or after being puptised down to that most holy and every blessed hour.

Finnegans Wake 2006

He had gone into the Channel trade; and they must needs have him exchequered for smuggling brandies and lace from St. Malo's.

The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861

In a few days the vessel went down the Thames from Deptford, and Ledyard thought it the happiest moment of his life; but such is the uncertainty of human expectations, while he was indulging in day-dreams of the fame and honour which awaited him, he was once more doomed to suffer the agonies of a disappointment to his hopes, the more severe, as being so near their consummation -- the vessel was seized by a custom-house officer, brought back, and exchequered.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 Various

The closing passage of one of them has always seemed to me to be a masterpiece of grim brutality: "Oliver's nob was exchequered, and he fell by heavy right - handed blows on his ears and temple.

Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842