purloined
Example Sentences
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Users, including Fortune 500 companies, are turning to unregulated, possibly purloined “open weight” Chinese AI models to save money and avoid exposing their data to the big domestic labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Not long afterward, another male red fox entered the scene of the crime; the purloined repast had been his.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2023
They arranged to meet 10 days later so that Sheehan could review a set of the purloined papers that Ellsberg now had stored at his brother-in-law’s Cambridge apartment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
But remember when Arondir described Theo’s purloined sword-hilt as a kind of key?
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
She had a cloth bag with food purloined from the fridge slung across her chest.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
