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purloining

noun as in embezzlement

noun as in larceny

noun as in pilferage

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Example Sentences

At last the unfortunate wretch was caught purloining the pork.

In his apartment was found a large wardrobe; and a month's purloining was thus summarily expiated.

They knew not on whom to fix the imputation of purloining their valuable papers.

I left you engaged in tending a sick knight, and I find you employed in purloining a dead body from the gallows.

He's as quiet and self-controlled as if only purloining cookies out of the jar in the pantry.

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On this page you'll find 121 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purloining, such as: fraud, larceny, misappropriation, misuse, theft, and abstraction.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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