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purloin
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PURLOIN
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep <the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale>
Synonyms appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
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