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Verb: purloin  pur'loyn
  1. Make off with belongings of others
    - pilfer, cabbage, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble [Brit], lift, nick [Brit]

Derived forms: purloined, purloining, purloins

Type of: steal