PURLOIN

purloin. Purloin, v.t. to steal, pilfer, thieve privately

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Pur‐loin″ (?), 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.