purloin has definitions from the field of criminal law
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[ verb ] (criminal law) make off with belongings of others

Used in print

(The Detroit News,...)

Less respect for the legal conventions was displayed by Castro 's right_hand man , Che_Guevara , who edified the Inter-American Economic_and_Social_council meeting in Montevideo by reading two secret American documents purloined from the United_States embassy at Caracas , Venezuela .

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