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31Purloining — Purloin Pur*loin , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purloined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purloining}.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far off (L. longe). See {Prolong}, and cf. {Eloign}.] To take or carry… …
32steal — steal, *pilfer, filch, purloin, lift, pinch, snitch, swipe, cop are comparable when they mean to take another s possession without right and without his knowledge or permission. Steal, the commonest and most general of the group, can refer to any …
33filch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. steal, pilfer (see stealing). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rob, pilfer, purloin; see steal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. steal, pilfer, lift, shoplift, swipe, *pinch, thieve, purloin, *power, *rip …
34rob — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. plunder, rifle, pillage, steal, purloin, burglarize; defraud. See stealing. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. thieve, take, burglarize, strip, plunder, loot, deprive of, withhold from, defraud, cheat,… …
35steal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rob (see stealing); sneak, tiptoe, creep (see secret, travel). n., informal, bargain, good buy (see cheapness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take, filch, bag, thieve, loot, rob, purloin, embezzle, defraud …
36steal — I. verb (stole; stolen; stealing) Etymology: Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan; akin to Old High German stelan to steal Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. to take the property of another wrongfully and especially as a… …
37take — vb took, tak·en, tak·ing vt 1 a: to obtain control, custody, or possession of often by assertive or intentional means b: to seize or interfere with the use of (property) by governmental authority; specif: to acquire title to for public use by… …
38cabbage — 1. noun a) An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. Cabbage is good for you. b) The leaves of this plant eaten as a vegetable. After the car crash, he became a cabbage. Syn: cabbage plant …
39defalcate — de·fal·cate /di fal ˌkāt, fȯl , dē ; de fəl ˌkāt/ vi cat·ed, cat·ing: to commit defalcation compare embezzle de·fal·ca·tor / ˌkā tər/ n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
40embezzle — em·bez·zle /im be zəl/ vt em·bez·zled, em·bez·zling [Anglo French embeseiller to make away with, from en , prefix stressing completion + beseller to snatch, misappropriate, from Old French, to destroy]: to convert (property entrusted to one s… …
