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
You owed this summary justice as well to the purloiner as to the public.
From True Riches Or, Wealth Without Wings by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
But in spite of threats the bat was not brought back nor its purloiner or annexer betrayed.
From Glyn Severn's Schooldays by Charles Pears
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 Horatio Alger
But such "conveyings" are honourable to the purloiner.
From The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
