Crossword clues for purloined
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: purloin)
WordNet
adj. taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: stolen]
Usage examples of "purloined".
The agricultural teams had ploughed during their absence, and sowed the fields with seed purloined from the now deserted Bella Vista camp in a special trip of the KDL.
Drums, pipes, and two bugles were assembled, and the Council put on their best clothes since they now had some from the same shipment of purloined materials that had gone to clothe the Catteni exiles.
And she had even gone to the extreme of dyeing her gorgeous red hair, risked her safety on Earth's slideways and sleazy Aisles, bearded inspectors with purloined documentation and.
Superimposed over a projection of Maggie's thin face was the image of the lifeless store dummy, elegantly reclad in the purloined blue gown and dark fur.
She squirmed into a more comfortable position, plopped down a purloined pillow so she wouldn't slam her head again, braced her feet against the roof of the duct, plugged the earphone into the helmet outlet, and absorbed the action.
Residual decay in a lot of places on the surface, probably power plants from purloined spaceships.
Superimposed over a projection of Maggie's thin face was the image of the lifeless store dummy, elegantly re-clad in the purloined blue gown and dark fur.
She tucked each purloined item into the extra material at the back of her coverall, or into a sleeve or a trouser leg.
With darkness falling, there'd be a fair amount of tralfic back into the city so this purloined flitter might not be recognized: not after five months.
So their purloined cargo would match Zainal's story of finding such ores in an asteroid belt.
Laugh-rey, who had been captain of the purloined ship, said his crew had been totally unable to cope with this group.
She didn't think they would find any purloined clothing in the Barevi stores but perhaps there would be some.
He peeked out before he ventured into the side lane and then, lying uncomfortably on his purloined goods, eased the lift up and began his way back to the BASS-1, sticking to shadows whenever possible-which meant he cruised just above the roofs of the sheds.
Suddenly the welcoming chorus began, and Sorka was torn between the desire to watch the magical moment of hatching and the need to get her purloined egg to Bay in time.
He must ask for volunteers to take the remainder of Nerilka's purloined supplies to Ruatha with all possible haste.