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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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
purloined
adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: {stolen}]
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