There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
PURLOIN
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(verb) make off with belongings of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
purloin (third-person singular simple present purloins, present participle purloining, simple past and past participle purloined)
(transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
(intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
Source: Wiktionary
Pur*loin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined; p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining.] Etym: [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far off (L. longe). See Prolong, and cf. Eloign.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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