Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Purloin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded
gold. --Milton.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?
--Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
purloin
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
{pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook}, {sneak},
{filch}, {nobble}, {lift}]
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