The Only Use of
purloin
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- 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.†
p. 109.7purloined = stole or stolen
Definition:
to steal -- especially in violation of trust