purloining

English

Verb

purloining

1. present participle and gerund of purloin

Noun

purloining (plural purloinings)

1. theft
   • c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court

     […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.