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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Purloin \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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Had from his wakeful custody purloined
           The guarded gold.                        --Milton.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?
                                                    --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
     To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Purloin \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
     To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  purloin
       v : make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
            pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak,
           filch, nobble, lift]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     Αγγλικά vb.
     κλέβω, ιδιαίτερα κάποιον μου έδειξε εμπιστοσύνη ή μου ανέθεσε θέση
  ευθύνης), υπεξαιρώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach
  of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach
  of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach
  of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach
  of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  purloin
     Englanti vb.
     varastaa, kähveltää, anastaa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/
  إختلس

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  purloin //pɜːˈlɔɪn// 
  1. крада
  to commit theft; to thieve
  2. присвоявам
  to take the property of another

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/ 
  ukrást

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/ 
  odcizit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/ 
  zcizit

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/
  
  σφετερίζομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  purloin //pɜːˈlɔɪn// 
  varastaa, anastaa, kähveltää
  to take the property of another

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/ 
  1. चुराना
        "Cyber-crime is related to purloing in computer."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/
  krasti, počiniti

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  purloin //pɜːˈlɔɪn// 
  1. snatta, stjäla, tjuva
  to commit theft; to thieve
  2. stjäla, beslagta
  to take the property of another

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  purloin /pˈɜːlɔɪn/
  1. çalmak, aşırmak, hırsızlık etmek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/pɝˈɫɔɪn/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "purloin":
     abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cabbage,
     cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, filch, hook, lift,
     make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, run away with,
     rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle,
     swipe, take, thieve, walk off with
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 盗取;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt.
     vi. 偷窃,盗取

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