| Purloin 1. (v. t.) To take or carry away for one's self; to steal; to take by theft; to filch. 2. (v. i.) To practice theft; to steal. Thesaurus Entries abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cabbage, cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, filch, hook, lift, make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, run away with, rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with | ![]() |