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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purloin \Pur*loin"\, verb (used with an object) [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. --Milton.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? --Dryden.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Purloin \Pur*loin"\, verb (used without an object) To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
purloin
verb: make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak}, {filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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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