PURLOIN
- To purloin is to take something that belongs to someone else—that is, to steal it. Purloin is much more formal-sounding than steal, but is often—though not always—encountered in humorous contexts, suggesting that the theft is not serious.
- to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust.
- to steal
- to steal (to take without right or permission) [v PURLOINED, PURLOINING, PURLOINS]
- to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
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