purloin

[ UK /pˈɜːlɔ‍ɪn/ ]
[ US /pɝˈɫɔɪn/ ]
VERB
  1. make off with belongings of others
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How To Use purloin In A Sentence

  • He was feeling for Bean the contempt which a really distinguished safe-blower is said to feel for the cheap thief who purloins bottles of milk from basement doorways in the gray of dawn. Bunker Bean
  • Bits of our constitution were actually purloined from the United States Constitution.
  • To the delight of many, Gary correctly spelled "palisade" as the rest of the competitors, in a tense tie-breaker, fell by the wayside stumbling over words such as "usurper", "purloin" and Nst online
  • He then graduated to purloining software of major corporations, including major electronic manufacturers.
  • By prominent members of the international climate science community whose "Climategate" e-mails purloined from the prestigious East Anglia University Climate Research Unit that exposed clear evidence of data manipulation, concealment of public records and exclusion of disagreeable research findings from influential publications. It's Time To Pardon Carbon
  • Sometimes it's impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person's blog.
  • They snatched wallets, purloined purses, ‘borrowed’ tools, burgled houses, snitched firewood or drying clothes or even chickens.
  • It would have to go into a cold place to preserve its sharpness, but for good measure he had also purloined a discarded offcut of thin leather, and made a careful outline of the print, marking where heel and toe were worn down, and the diagonal crack across the ball of the foot. The Rose Rent
  • After virus moves may the information of code of QQ Zhang name of purloin user.
  • I molded the tuille on an upside down mini muffin tin to make the cup, then put a rosette of the white chocolate whipped cream inside, loaded on the raspberries and topped it with some purloined candied almonds that another group made for a cake. Reading, Writing, Cooking and Crafting: White chocolate pain-in-the-ass
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