Engrossing
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
The getting into one's possession or buying up, large quantities of corn or other dead victuals, with intent to sell them again. The total engrossing of any other commodity, with intent to sell it at an unreasonable price.
4 Bl. Comm. 158, 159.
This was a misdemeanor, punishable by fine and imprisonment.
Steph. Crim. Law, 95. Now repealed by 7 & 8 Viet <:. 24. 4 Steph. Comm. 291, note.