as in stole
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale
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Investigators believe the teens shot Nguyen, stole his vehicle and property and fled.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025 -
In his shame, Panahi went to the lab, stole the negatives and destroyed them.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa has been under glass since the 1950s, but not so in 1911, when Vincenzo Perrugia, a former museum staffer, hid in a cupboard overnight, then swiped what is now the world’s most famous painting and walked out with it under his coat.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
20 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the complaint alleges Martinez drove into and side-swiped a CBP vehicle.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Purloined.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purloined. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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