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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Purloin

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Purloin

PURLOIN', verb transitive

1. Literally, to take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft.

Your butler purloins your liquor.

2. To take by plagiarism; to steal from books or manuscripts.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Purloined

PURLOIN'ED, participle passive Stolen; taken by plagiarism.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Purloiner

PURLOIN'ER, noun A thief; a plagiary.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Purloining

PURLOIN'ING, participle present tense Stealing; committing literary theft.

PURLOIN'ING, noun Theft; plagiarism.