The latter were not always immaculate, and were not seldom charged with purloining the private property of the prisoners, which had been provided by friends when leaving England.
Nevertheless he was detected in a long continued practice of purloining quantities of fish which he sold for his own gain.
They knew not on whom to fix the imputation of purloining their valuable papers.
Here, on the very night he had chosen forpurloining the jewel, two other men were on the same errand.
To such a man as Lord Horton I felt that the purloining of the Fellmongers' Goblet must fall flat indeed.
This it must be borne in mind was before Thomas found himself dismissed for purloining the family arms of the Countess Hopenpop.
He is charged particularly with purloining the "Ode to the Cuckoo," and publishing it as his own.
Not even an apology was made for charging the Post-office with purloining the money, or for giving its officers so much unnecessary trouble.
Another means of purloining money is thus described by Mr. Abram P.
I make the butter fly, all in an hour: I put aside the preserves and cold meats, Telling my master his cream has turned sour, Hiding his pickles, purloining his sweets.
The search takes place in the very presence of a being he had half accused of purloining the missing letter.
In another we see him leading an ass loaded with packages; his new master, finding him loitering on his way, showers his blows on him, while a soldier is seen purloining one of the packages from the ass.
Second-hand book-dealers in Boston had found a judge of the court purloining rare pamphlets, and ministers making away with pamphlet sermons under their coats.
In one of the largest lending libraries in this country, the purloining of books had been carried so far, that the authorities had to provide a wire fence all around the reading room, to keep the readers from access to the shelves.
On one occasion, a clerk was detected in purloining money; but it was all hushed up, and when Mr. May dismissed him, he gave him a certificate of good character.
Do you suppose I am going to let you out of this house without hearing some explanation of the abstracting and purloining and snatching of the keys of the north rooms?
Am I to have a proper explanation of the abstracting and purloining of those keys, or am I not?
Despite the purloining of the leg of mutton there was enough to go round, and everybody decided that the cooks deserved proficiency badges.
If she had been accused of purloining the Crown jewels from the Tower of London, Ulyth could not have been more astonished.
This severe punishment did not arise from the enormity of purloining the nuts, but from the fact of our being found some four miles from the cantonment.
In the early part of the last century, a little book on purloining was published, and of course it had to give the latest modes.
He need not engage in subtle plans for thepurloining of a shilling or a shilling’s worth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "purloining" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: embezzlement; lift; plagiarism; steal; stealing; theft; thievery; thieving; touch
