Some sentence examples which use the word 'purloin'
I had it examined by a botanical expert and elicited the information that it was ablossom of the homegrown potato plant purloined from a forcingcase of the model farm.
For our own part, we do not think so; it seems to us impossible that the same hand should pluck laurels and purloin the shoes from a dead man.
Because Eddie tried to purloin the woman’s purse, he spent the night in jail.