Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus./N.Z.) to steal, to obtain illicitly.

1941		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
1955		N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 237/1: oozle – to steal.
1988		(ref. to WWI) McGill Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 79/2: oozle to obtain illicitly or by scheming. WWI.
2003		McGill Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988].

2. (US) to arrive surreptitiously.

1924

H.L. Wilson Professor How Could You! 230: Why, hello, Jasper! When did you oozle in?