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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pur·loin v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined p. pr. & vb. n. Purloining.]  To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
 Had from his wakeful custody purloined
 The guarded gold.   --Milton.
    when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?   --Dryden.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 purloined
      adj : taken dishonestly; "the purloined letter" [syn: stolen]