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Verb: purloin  pur'loyn
  1. Make off with belongings of others
    "Wicked men endeavour, by means of their tongues, to purloin their neighbours' property"
    - pilfer, cabbage, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble [Brit], lift, nick [Brit], snatch, whip [Brit]

Derived forms: purloins, purloining, purloined

Type of: steal

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