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Definition
to steal — especially in violation of trust
- I had first, however, provided for my sustenance for that day by a loaf of coarse bread, which I purloined, and a cup with which I could drink more conveniently than from my hand of the pure water which flowed by my retreat.Chapter 11 (65% in)
There are no more uses of "purloin" in Frankenstein.
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