Associations to the word «Purloined»

Wiktionary

PURLOIN, verb. (transitive) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
PURLOIN, verb. (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

Dictionary definition

PURLOIN, verb. Make off with belongings of others.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King