Purloin

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PURLOINED; p. pr. & vb. n. PURLOINING.] [O. Fr. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay, from pur, por, pour, for, and loin, far, far off. See ELOIN.] 1. 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. 2. To take by plagiarism; to steal from books or manuscripts. Dryden.