Definition: purloin

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

purloin
     v : make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage,
          pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak,
         filch, nobble, lift]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.