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Definition of purloin :
To practice theft; to steal.
Synonyms:
bring up, crimes, crochet, mulct, divert, detach, pluck, defraud, snatch, squeeze, goldbrick, face-lift, scam, separate, take away, give, annul, distract, mouse, arise, pilfer, bunco, hoist, cabbage, withdraw, nip, short-change, gazump, glom, pussyfoot, surcharge, addict, knock off, get up, fleece, solicit, overturn, elevate, lift, twitch, heist, eliminate, top, rustle, come up, swindle, snitch, raise, go up, overcharge, rescind, creep, remove, airlift, abduct, reverse, plagiarize, gyp, distinguish, discriminate, rip off, nobble, snarf, repeal, hook, countermand, rise, diddle, thieve, gip, revoke, abstract, plagiarise, snare, accost, rook, hornswoggle, vellicate, twinge, slip, uprise, crimp, rob, con, tweet, kidnap, vacate, cop, swipe, sneak, appropriate, move up, rear, soak, victimize, wind, steal, pinch, plume, filch
Usage examples:
- Monaghan felt irresolute, but after extorting from Uncle Joe a promise never to purloin any of the hay again, he let him rise. - "Roughing it in the Bush", Susanna Moodie.
- All inquiries proved fruitless, it was supposed the great value of the dog had tempted some one to purloin him, and in great trouble his master wrote home his lamentations. - "Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals", R. Lee.
- And purloin a candle from the lamp cupboard. - "The School by the Sea", Angela Brazil.
