Verb

(en verb)

To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

* Milton

Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.

* {{quote-book

, year=1900 , author=One Who Was in It , title=Kruger's Secret Service , chapter=8 , pages=168-169 , passage=Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.}}

To commit theft; to thieve.

* {{quote-book

, year=2006 [1622] , author=William Gouge , title=Of Domestical Duties , isbn=1430309598 , page=454 , passage=The Apostle expressly forbiddeth servants to purloin (Titus 2:10).}}