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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pur·loin /(ˌ)pɝˈlɔɪn, ˈpɚ/
 (vt.)(vi.)偷竊,盜取

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pur·loin v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining.]  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.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pur·loin, v. i. To practice theft; to steal.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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