purloined
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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
Four middle-aged suspects were arrested in Southern California this week when officers found them in possession of roughly $300,000 worth of purloined Lego sets, according to the California Highway Patrol.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
But the moment passed, and in 1949 the Soviet Union exploded its own plutonium-based atomic bomb — largely by re-creating Hanford 1,000 miles east of Moscow using blueprints purloined from the Manhattan Project.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Stealthily, from its roost on the ceiling, one bat reached out and purloined his sun hat.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
But while the purloined guitar presented no ownership problem, his remaining property did.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
