Found 3 items, similar to Purloining.
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: Purloining 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. [1913 Webster] Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]