Definitions for: Purloin


[v] make off with belongings of others



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe

See Also: steal

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