Purloin

This boy tried to purloin my wallet on the streetcar.

Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.

Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.

The refreshment room was full of chatter and babble, which attracted everybody's envious glances. Some one had left his set in the middle of the dance, purloined a sandwich from the buffet, and was now chewing away proudly as he swerved and stamped, to the amusement of the rest.

Or was this simply another item Mr. Stink had purloined during his career as a gentleman thief?

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