purloin
verb (used with object)
to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
purloiner
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a word derived from
purloin.
Example Sentences
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What can I say of Puck6—the thoroughbred—the simple-hearted—the purloiner of eggs warm from the hen—the flutterer of all manner of Volscians—the bandy-legged, dear, old, dilapidated buffer?
From Spare Hours by John Brown
Probably she makes a better purloiner of scarabs.
From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
So this was the Gorgon in question, the purloiner of correspondence, to be placated if possible and defeated vi et armis in case of rebellion!
From A Top-Floor Idyl by George Van Schaick
You are a corrupter of youth, and an evil man, Mr. Schoolmaster, and a purloiner of letters as well.'
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hon. Agnes Blanche Marie Hay
It was La of Opar, High Priestess of the Flaming God, and fifty of her horrid priests searching for the purloiner of the sacred sacrificial knife.
From Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
