Sentence:  The practice was so common it was no longer considered stealing. It was <WSD>comshaw</WSD>. That kind of thinking made the Iran/Contra arms scandal and Watergate okay at the time. It's <WSD>comshaw</WSD> when you do it, but it's stealing when you get caught; it's politics when you do it, but it's illegal when you're found out. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The practice of pilfering or bartering for surplus items.