snaffle
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
snaffle/ˈsnafl/
▶noun a simple bit on a bridle, used with a single set of reins. ▶verb Brit. informal illicitly take for oneself.
– origin C16 (as n.): prob. from Low Ger. or Du.; the verb (C19) is perh. a different word.
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