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purloining

noun as in embezzlement

noun as in larceny

noun as in pilferage

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Example Sentences

A simple but effective way to stop auto bandits from purloining your key fob signal is to use a Faraday bag or pouch.

“You know, they say that Atlanta influences everything,” Williams told the crowd, purloining a phrase often used to describe Atlanta’s paramount place in African American and broader American culture.

That’s when hackers began purloining information about specific orders from online portal systems used by companies bidding to transport products.

He worries about local votes being stolen because “it’s always been a problem of purloining things here.”

At one British university, students were purloining towels from their dispensers, so Sofidel provided dispensers with locks.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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