purloin
Cross references: 1. steal pur.loin \(.)p*r-'lo.in, 'p*r-.\ vb [ME purloinen to put away, render ineffectual, fr. AF purloigner, f]r. OF porloigner to put off, delay, fr. pro- forward + loing at a distance, fr. L longe, fr. longus long - more at PURCHASE : to appropriate wrongfully : FILCH : to practice theft - pur.loin.er n