as in steals
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
the studio stepped up security, fearing that someone might attempt to purloin a copy of the script for the show's season finale
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Tramon Mark steals the ball and lays in a transition bucket to give Texas the lead back after NC State took a one-point edge.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Mar. 2026 -
Even worse, the fake Claude Code steals sensitive data like passwords, session cookies, and more, and is very difficult to delete.—
Alan Henry,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Purloins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purloins. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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