Pur*loin", v. i. To practice theft;
to steal. Titus ii. 10.
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.