The thief attempted to purloin the purse from the park bench.    From LearnThat.org. 

That doth her name purloin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference

The word “purloin” is from the Greek word.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity] Reference

The word purloin means to steal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police vs. animal shelter] Reference

None save one of his household could purloin a single hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Witch-Doctors] Reference

Round Micon's homestead and purloin his grapes at evenfall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theocritus, translated into English Verse] Reference

Several persons may conspire to purloin each a limited amount.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals] Reference

I pity any thief that tries to purloin anything from, my house.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phoenix And Ashes]

So I opened her medicine chest to see what soaps and shampoos I might purloin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pursuit of Happiness] Reference

He decides to purloin the urn and find out how it got into the back of that cab.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ten of the best taxis in literature] Reference

How to purloin this cigar without having it missed by Mr. Pike was a worry for a moment.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Husband by Proxy] Reference

Somehow the captain managed to purloin uniforms so the crooks were able to dress as cops.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mob and Me] Reference

Corbin, however, kept such good watch on his property that no one was able to purloin it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball] Reference

Or did you purloin someones laptop and are hijacking an electrical connection and a wifi link?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Watching the Super Tuesday results.] Reference

The Thief Munna Mobile makes his living stealing cell-phones and whatever gizmos he can purloin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Suspects-Vikas Swarup « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews] Reference

Who, but Frank Lamotte, could gain access to my office, to purloin my handkerchief and my knife?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Diamond Coterie] Reference

What should I acknowledge my healthiness care provider more willingly than I purloin this medicine?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Burning the Fat: Fueled by Fatuousness] Reference

She thought how easy it would be for her to purloin it, and perhaps blame it on an opportunistic thief.    From Wordnik.com.  [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]

With Enokrad gone, intruder defenses at his estate would be at a minimum and he could purloin the scroll.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sunlight Through The Shadows Magazine Volume 2 Issue 1 (ANSI Edition)] Reference

Yes, certainly, the cats have to get a bit more crafty if they want to purloin their provisions ahead of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cats – 0; Sausage – 2 — Fusion Despatches] Reference

You can't get bladdered, purloin a pedalo and then sink it in the local lake without expecting some kick-back.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pedalo off Ynys Mon] Reference

I am so glad that he is taking a stand as it will hopefully make others think twice before they purloin images for themselves.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Object] Reference

If you do manage to purloin an elephant, can I have the droppings for my roses …. unless you need them for your window boxes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [papa noël] Reference

As a legal minor, with no legal title to her estates, Elizabeth could not prevent attempts to purloin Durham Place or Hatfield.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558] Reference

Ice cream was the culprit: Brando would purloin a five-gallon tub of the fattening dessert, row himself out into the lagoon and indulge.    From Wordnik.com.  [MARLON BRANDO FACTS: The Godfather of Binge Eating | Best Week Ever] Reference

While they are in his brain no one indeed can purloin them; but what if he speaks, and lets them fly out in private or public discourse?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Copyright] Reference

The FBI called Spielberg an innocent victim and told him to keep the purloin Rockwell until authorities sort out who rightfully owns it.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 25, 2008] Reference

The Left did purloin the term "Liberal" but now their muddy bootprints are all over it, so they need a new flag to wrap themselves up in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Somebody Pinch Me] Reference

To purloin a phrase much loved by those who want ID cards, floor to sky CCTV cameras and millions of number plate recognition cameras etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-07-22] Reference

Santos has observed that the monkeys never deliberately save any money, but they do sometimes purloin a token or two during an experiment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monkey Business | Impact Lab] Reference

On this occasion the women draw caricatures with turmeric or charcoal on the loin-cloth of the boy's father, which they manage to purloin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference

Pizza delivery man says same armed robber tried to purloin his pies twice.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Here, in this post, I will endeavour to purloin some of his ideas and add some of my own.    From Wordnik.com.  [doggdot.us] Reference

Not only did the band purloin Bronson's good name, the cover of its lone full-length, 1997's.    From Wordnik.com.  [A.V. Club] Reference

If it were haunted by Clithero, he must occasionally pass its limits and beg or purloin victuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker] Reference