Purloin




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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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Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
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purloin
v 1: make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer,
cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf,
swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
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purloin

entwenden; stehlen
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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



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