Found 3 items, similar to Purloin.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: purloin
gait
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: purloin
purloin
v : make off with belongings of others [syn:
pilfer,
cabbage,
pinch,
abstract,
snarf,
swipe,
hook,
sneak,
filch,
nobble,
lift]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Purloin
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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Purloin
\Pur*loin"\, v. i.
To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
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