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Purloin
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 10.