OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 21813

purloin

/pɜːˈlɔɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
hurtar • robar
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.
Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.