purloin

[Pur*loin·]

You can use the verb purloin to mean "steal" or "take," especially if it's done in a sneaky way. If you sneak a dollar out of your mom's purse, you purloin it.

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To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

Verb
make off with belongings of others


v. t.
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

v. i.
To practice theft; to steal.


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.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?

Purloin

Pur*loin", v. i. To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.

To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.

To practice theft; to steal.

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