: to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust.
What is purloin and example?
Purloin is to steal. When you steal your cousin's shoes, this is an example of a time when you purloin the shoes. verb. 1. To steal; filch.
How do you use purloin in a sentence?
Purloin in a Sentence ?
- Because Eddie tried to purloin the woman's purse, he spent the night in jail.
- Jill was shocked when her best friend tried to purloin her favorite necklace.
- During the raid, a crooked police officer was caught trying to purloin drug money.
