Winders or doublers who purloin or embezzle and sell silk from the thrower who employs him and the buyer of such silk shall make such recompense as ordered by a Justice of the Peace or be whipped or set in the stocks for the first offense.
Also - that no one of the trade shall entice or purloin the servant of another from the service of his master by paying him more than is ordained by the trade, on the pain aforesaid.
Persons such as sorters who purloin or embezzle wool or yarn delivered to them by clothiers and the receivers thereof, knowing the same, shall recompense the party grieved or else be whipped and set in the stocks.
You can't dive through the floor and purloin tarts!
She had tried to purloin a letter--which did not belong to Stuart in the first place.
Gratter, to purloin portions of cloth, given for the making of apparel; to apprehend.
In the evening I had recourse to the bottle to drown my chagrin; and I determined to purloin a certain sum every day, in the course of my attendance on retail customers, until I had liquidated my debt of honour!
It was being heavily guarded this night, for the proprietors had taken cognizance of the master crook's announcement that he intended to purloin rare jewels, and they flattered themselves that their establishment would be the one visited.
He would at any rate purloin his most valued jewel.
He must purloin it before then--that very night, if possible.
Lord Roker made no attempt to purlointhe Bunyan MS.
Her vanity tempted her to purloin and secrete a portion of the most valuable jewels from the booty that had accidentally in the confusion of the thieves' flight fallen into my hands along with the money that was my own.
Montreuil urged Desmarais to purloin it from the place where you had deposited it, and then to abscond; but to this plan Desmarais was vehemently opposed.
Yes," said Desmarais; "but we may yet purloin the papers, and throw the guilt upon some other quarter.
To climb a wall, to break a branch, to purloin apples, is a mischievous trick in a child; for a man it is a misdemeanor; for a convict it is a crime.
For our own part, we do not think so; it seems to us impossible that the same hand should pluck laurels and purloin the shoes from a dead man.
He was going to mix with the throng that would soon stream through those white gates into the town; he was going to purloin the respectable appearance of a passenger by the train.
He will perhaps charge you with having hired some one to purloin his pocket-book; let him think it.
He took advantage of his position to purloin my money, and then turned me over to the county jailer.
She will usually attempt to purloin some trinket or other and be caught again.
The sale of the book was in a measure due to the sort of scandal it provoked.
