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[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

purloin [per-LOIN, PUR-loin]

transitive verb
1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.

intransitive verb
2. to commit theft; steal.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/purloin


I found this word when reading a Roman play about a man who did tackily dishonest things such as purloining his wife's fur coat to give to his mistress.

Comments

[fidgetspin.livejournal.com]

I like that word! It makes me think of The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allen Poe.

[rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com]

Heavens! I didn't know Mr. Poe had a letter purloined!