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Purloin

Purloin Meaning & Definition
Purloin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Purloin?

[v] make off with belongings of others

Synonyms | Synonyms for Purloin: abstract | cabbage | filch | hook | lift | nobble | pilfer | pinch | snarf | sneak | swipe

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See Also | steal

Purloin In Webster's Dictionary

\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. --Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? --Dryden.
\Pur*loin"\, v. i. To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.

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