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    [Verb]  | "pur*loin" | \ (ˌ)pər-ˈlȯin \


    1: to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English, to put away, misappropriate, from Anglo-French purluigner to prolong, postpone, set aside, from pur- forward + luin, loing at a distance, from Latin longe, from longus long {mat|purchase:1|}, {mat|long|};

    [Verb]  | "purloining" 


    1: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale "



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    [Verb]  | "purloin" 


    1: to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep;


      * e.g., " ... the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale "



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     [ "purloined" ]

    1: What happens when you leave one night when everything is right where its supposed to be, then you come in the next day and everything's missing.

      * e.g.,  ... My office..burgled, plundered, PURLOINED... Ha Ha Ha! loins. 

     [ "portmanteau purloin" ]

    1: when the government makes you think through esp that someone knows your whereabouts and is talking about you which distracts you from your daily tasks.

      * e.g.,  ... The portmanteau purloin put the majority of Americans living paycheck to paycheck because they couldn't pay attention. 

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