This boy tried to purloin my wallet on the streetcar.
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Purloin
Synonyms for "purloin" (82 found)
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Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.
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Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.
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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.
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