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
n. theft vb. (present participle of purloin English)
Usage examples of "purloining".
So as soon as she was romping around the sands of her pen, he began getting her used to a weight on her back, improvising a harness and a small sandbag at first, then when he discovered where the dragonet harnesses were kept, purloining one and using that.
Florian to help, but the idea of purloining a uniform gave him another notion.
I applied these tests and they convinced me that Poole knows nothing about the purloining or the setting of the man-trap.