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What does purloin mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word purloin? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  2. (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
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Ode to Joy, which we are going to purloin, may be a very nice tune, but so is Jingle Bells, and like Jingle Bells it heralds a fantasy, the fantasy that the EU is good for you.
The great object is to purloin it by force or by fraud from those who have created it.
Why should a fledgling charismatic church leader be able to purloin another church's title?
Sometimes it's impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person's blog.
The EU, meanwhile, is leaning on governments everywhere to stamp on foodmakers who purloin European names. Americans are unimpressed.
The discipline was rigorous, and all that he could purloin was a few candle-ends.

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