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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