He made some money on the side by purloining secrets from his employer and selling them to the competition.
Source: tatoeba (7255469)
Purloining
Synonyms for "purloining" (9 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (4)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.