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Meanings of purloin in English

Portuguese
roubar
Catalan
furtar
Spanish
afanar

Make off with belongings of others.

      roubar
      Usage of purloin in English
      1
      Email and networks have increased the chances for governments and companies to purloin data.
      Reuters
      2
      Somehow he'd managed to purloin a scalpel, we don't know exactly where or how.
      An impartial witness: a bess crawford mystery
      3
      The lady referred to took it upon herself to purloin the flower she wanted.
      In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
      4
      They need caretakers; respecterble women, that would sooner cut out their tongues than purloin.
      He Fell in Love with His Wife
      5
      She will usually attempt to purloin some trinket or other and be caught again.
      Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations /...
      6
      Several persons may conspire to purloin each a limited amount.
      Explanation of Catholic Morals / A Concise, Reasoned, and Popula...
      7
      He broke into outhouses with an axe he managed to purloin in a wood-cutters' camp.
      Under Western Eyes
      8
      She had tried to purloin a letter-whichdid not belong to Stuart in the first place.
      The Golden Scorpion
      9
      To keep up the juggle-well , Iknowit must be so; but to purloin my name!
      The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
      10
      If you can't purloin a set of your husband's, two ordinary brushes will do.)
      Diet and Health; With Key to the Calories
      11
      The laborers manage to purloin small quantities, which they sell to contraband dealers in the larger towns.
      Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
      12
      If it were haunted by Clithero, he must occasionally pass its limits and beg or purloin victuals.
      Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
      13
      He will perhaps charge you with having hired some one to purloin his pocket-book; let him think it.
      What Will He Do with It? — Volume 08
      14
      All the whole time you live, you purloin from life and live at the expense of life itself.
      Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Volume 03
      15
      How to purloin this cigar without having it missed by Mr. Pike was a worry for a moment.
      A Husband by Proxy
      16
      Neither do I pilfer or purloin.
      The Phantom Ship
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