All 5 Uses of
purloin
in
The Purloined Letter
- THE PURLOINED LETTER Nil sapientiae odiosius acumine nimio.†
purloined = stole or stolen
- I have received personal information, from a very high quarter, that a certain document of the last importance, has been purloined from the royal apartments.
*purloined = stolen
- The individual who purloined it is known; this beyond a doubt; he was seen to take it.†
purloined = stole or stolen
- At length I said,— "Well, but G—, what of the purloined letter?†
- You will now understand what I meant in suggesting that, had the purloined letter been hidden any where within the limits of the Prefect's examination—in other words, had the principle of its concealment been comprehended within the principles of the Prefect—its discovery would have been a matter altogether beyond question.†
Definition:
to steal -- especially in violation of trust