Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined; p. pr. &
vb. n. Purloining.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to
retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far
off (L. longe). See Prolong, and cf. Eloign.]
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to
take by theft; to filch.
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Had from his wakeful custody purloined
The guarded gold. --Milton.
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when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?
--Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
purloin
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak,
filch, nobble, lift]
WordNet (r) 2.0
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "purloin":
abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cabbage,
cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, filch, hook, lift,
make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, run away with,
rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle,
swipe, take, thieve, walk off with
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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