Category:Purloin

Pur*loin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined; p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining.] Etym: [of. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; Pur, por, pour, for (l. pro) + loin far, far off (l. longe). See Prolong, and cf. Eloign.]

Defn: 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.

Purloin Pur*loin", v. i.

Defn: to practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.