The infuriated mate asked his commander if he took him for a "procurator" of Russian serfs, and reminded him that his certificate of competency was a qualification for certain duties which he was willing to perform; but as this did not come within the scope of them, he would see him to blazes before he would stoop to the level of becoming the Engager of a drove of Russian convicts.
"Looking Seaward Again"
Walter Runciman
Ceux qui essayent d'Engager le Pape dans cette voie, en l'abusant et le trompant, sont bien coupables.
"Letters From Rome on the Council"
Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger
This one acted as your Engager, and then found that he could not find you an employer without admitting a third person into his plot.
"Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes"
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle