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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 Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)

One glance at her sweet, highbred features was sufficient to exonerate her as a purloiner of gentlemen's garments.

From Quick Action by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

The talk the original purloiner was giving his ungrateful assistant was one of the best expositions of virtue and honesty I've ever listened to.

From Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated by Lawson, Thomas William

He seemed unusually interested, as was indeed the case, for he strongly suspected that he knew who was the actual purloiner of the stolen twenty-dollar bill.

From Five Hundred Dollars or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret by Alger, Horatio

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 Burroughs, Edgar Rice