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Examples of purloin
purloin
How distressing, then, that the mainstream has come to purloin them.
From the economist.com
If you have to swipe from Germans, guys, purloin Audi's lines.
From the usatoday.com
Dean offers, to purloin a phrase, a choice, not an echo.
From the time.com
One waiter was friendly when he saw me purloin the menu.
From the bloomberg.com
With all the haut de gamme products one might purloin from Paree, you want this beer from the supermarket?
From the tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
He'd also probably purloin as much personal identity information as he could to transact even more larceny.
From the forbes.com
In the film, cyber terrorists breach FBI networks, purloin financial data, and bring car traffic to a halt in Washington.
From the businessweek.com
This was doubly damaging because Mr Biden, like the man whose identity he tried to purloin, is a notorious wind-bag.
From the economist.com
Why did Ferdinand purloin billions of dollars?
From the time.com
- Pilfer: make off with belongings of others
- To convert the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; To commit theft; to thieve
- (purloinment) The act of purloining; theft
