Purloin
Purloin , transitive verb
[Old French purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (Latin pro) + loin far, far off (Latin longe). See Prolong, and compare Eloign.]
To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined
The guarded gold.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin?
Purloin , intransitive verb
To practice theft; to steal. — Titus ii. 10