Purloined

2 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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  purloined
       adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: {stolen}]