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Purloin

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal. formal, humorous, transitive, usually

    "Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold."

  2. 2
    make off with belongings of others wordnet
  3. 3
    To commit theft; to thieve. intransitive

    "The Apostle expressly forbiddeth servants to purloin (Titus 2:10)."

Etymology

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.

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