PURLOIN

[pur.loin] vt [ME, to put away, misappropriate, fr. AF purloigner, fr. OF porloigner to put off, delay, fr. por- forward + loing at a distance, fr. L longe, fr. longus long--more at purchase, long] (15c): to appropriate wrongfully and often by a breach of trust syn see steal -- pur.loin.er n