purloin : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: purloin	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for purloin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
purloin v make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purloin \Purloin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purloined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purloining}.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far off (L. longe). See {Prolong}, and cf. {Eloign}.] To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch. Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. --Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin* ? --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i. To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.