Purloin

v. t.	1.	To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch. [imp. & p. p. Purloined ; p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining.] Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. - Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ? - Dryden.
v. i.	1.	To practice theft; to steal.

Verb

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purloin - make off with belongings of others Synonyms: cabbage, filch, pilfer, snarf, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift

abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cabbage, cop, crib, defraud, extort, filch, hook, lift, make off with, nip, palm, pinch, poach, run away with, rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with

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