[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   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
see also:
purloined purloining prolong eloign 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

purloin \purloin"\, v. i.
   to practice theft; to steal. --titus ii. 10.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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