Purloined

Word PURLOINED
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Definitions and meanings of "Purloined"

What do we mean by purloined?

To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

To commit theft; to thieve.

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. Urban Dictionary

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. Urban Dictionary

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The word "purloined" in example sentences

I have always thought 'vivacuous' is a good word, and hope one day to write a book about this phenomenon, using a title purloined from some Fitzroy graffiti, 'Gentrifuct'. ❋ Kirsty (2007)

I do wonder how Bob Dole protégée Sheila Bair evaluated "WaMu's extensive collection of art and artifacts" when she assigned a price of $1. 9B to the $307B she purloined from the bank and from the NW for Wall St Nation's own Jamie Dimon. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By prominent members of the international climate science community whose "Climategate" e-mails purloined from the prestigious East Anglia University Climate Research Unit that exposed clear evidence of data manipulation, concealment of public records and exclusion of disagreeable research findings from influential publications. ❋ Larry Bell (2010)

Overheard at the Bunch Family Salon, as WonderBaby raced in circles with a giant bottle purloined from the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre Props Corner: ❋ Unknown (2007)

Trafficking in purloined materials for the sisterhood. ❋ Maggie Jochild (2007)

Yet in your posts #s 626 and 647 you refer to Iraqi resistance fighters as “Haji” (a derogatory term obviously purloined from the “Johnny Quest” series from years ago, referring to the dark skinned side kick). ❋ Unknown (2005)

Car chase, rooftop chase, sewer chase, apartment knife fight chase, boat chase, plane chase, Chase-Morgan, certainly they all were purloined from the Bourne genre but somehow Bourne’s were more believable. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That case leads Sam into investigating stolen gold coins purloined on the San Anselmo. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But, whatever solid or figure is used to illustrate color relations, it must combine the three scales of hue, value, and chroma, and these definite scales furnish a name for every color based upon its intrinsic qualities, and free from terms purloined in other sensations, or caught from the fluctuating colors of natural objects. ❋ Unknown (1888)

When a federal judge ordered Scruggs to return what he called the "purloined" documents, Mr. Hood interceded, advising Scruggs to send the documents to him out of the reach of the federal court and State Farm, which wouldn't know what had been taken and would be less able to defend itself. ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, "purloined" DRE machines have been demonstrated to be highly vulnerable to hacking, leaving no evidence of the tampering. ❋ Unknown (2007)

We already knew that she was smarter than she let on ... words like "purloined" didn't go with the vacant stare she so carefully cultivated. ❋ Asprin, Robert (1985)

He could not have "purloined" and palmed off as his own the duchess's version of Miss Lee's story in order to raise money for a purpose which had not arisen. ❋ George Gordon Byron Byron (1806)

Sadly, O'Neill does not detail exactly what kind of aftershave was purloined, meaning public watchdogs have no scent to follow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mail on Sunday over 'purloined' photographs of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. ❋ Unknown (2010)

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Madonna has accepted damages from the Mail on Sunday over 'purloined' photographs of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. ❋ Bureau News (2010)

Madonna has accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday's publication of "purloined" photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The singer, ... today accepted substantial undisclosed damages for privacy and infringement of copyright over the Mail on Sunday's publication of "purloined" photos of her wedding to Guy Ritchie. ❋ Unknown (2009)

My office..[burgled], [plundered], [PURLOINED]... Ha Ha Ha! loins. ❋ Tggb3k (2004)

The portmanteau purloin put the majority of [Americans] living [paycheck to paycheck] because they couldn't [pay attention]. ❋ Coop Dupe (2020)

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