purloin
verb (used with object)
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
have purloined
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present perfectof purloin.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"Restore—give back," screamed the attorney, vainly struggling to dissemble the agitation which convulsed him—"that—that—which you have purloined from the chest of drawers!"
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
Common honesty requires you to restore to orthodoxy the institutions you have purloined.
From The Evolution of Man Scientifically Disproved In 50 Arguments by William A. (William Asbury) Williams
She wished to see the letter; could she have purloined it?
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
They all know each other, keep up a constant intelligence among themselves, and reciprocally pass off and carry away the articles they have purloined.
From The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
She will certainly think that I have purloined it, notwithstanding all that I can say; nor, indeed, can I blame her,—appearances are certainly against me.”
From Lavengro the Scholar - the Gypsy - the Priest by Theodore Watts
