I have received personal information, from a very high quarter, that a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments.
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Purloined
Synonyms for "purloined" (22 found)
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8 entriesembezzlementmisappropriationpilferagepurloined documentspurloined fundspurloined letterspurloined propertyshoplifting
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7 entriespurloined datapurloined documentspurloined fundspurloined letterspurloined manuscriptpurloined manuscriptspurloined property
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He married Beryl Garçia, one of the beauties of Costa Rica, and, having purloined a considerable sum of public money, he changed his name to Vandeleur and fled to England, where he established a school in the east of Yorkshire.
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He had no original ideas of his own - everything was purloined from other writers.
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She had a collection of luxurious towels purloined from the world's finest hotels.
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