Purloin

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
     To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purloin
       v : 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