vt. 偷窃, 盗取

vi. 偷窃, 盗取

[ verb ]
make off with belongings of others
<verb.possession> abstract cabbage filch hook lift nobble pilfer pinch snarf sneak swipe

Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purloined}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Purloining}.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to
retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far
off (L. longe). See {Prolong}, and cf. {Eloign}.]
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to
take by theft; to filch.

Had from his wakeful custody purloined
The guarded gold. --Milton.

when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?
--Dryden.


Purloin \Pur*loin"\, v. i.
To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10.