Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to seek out by hue and cry.

1837

Disraeli Venetia I 153: ‘The gentry cove will be romboyled by his dam,’ said a third gipsy.

2. to arrest on a warrant; thus romboyled, wanted by the watch.

1612		Dekker ‘Canting Song’ O per se O O1: Duds and Ruffe-pecke, rombol’d by Harman-becke and won by Mawnders feates.
1637		Dekker ‘Canting Song’ in Eng. Villainies (8th edn) [as cit. 1612].
a.1674		‘Canting Song’ Head Canting Academy (1674) 22: [as cit. 1612].
c.1698		B.E. Dict. Canting Crew n.p.: Romboyl’d, sought after with a Warrant.
1707		J. Shirley Triumph of Wit (5 edn) 196: [as cit. 1612].
1725		New Canting Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1737, 1759, 1760, 1776		Bailey Universal Etym. Eng. Dict. [as cit. c.1698].
1754		Scoundrel’s Dict. 19: Sought for with a Warrant – Romboyl’d.
1785, 1788, 1796		Grose Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.
1811		Lex. Balatronicum.
1823		Egan Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue.