purloin

Verb

Verb Forms: purloined, purloining, purloins

To steal something, especially in a breach of trust.
make off with belongings of others
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
To commit theft; to thieve.

Examples

He tried to PURLOIN a triple word score, but his opponent blocked it.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe

Scrabble Score: 9

purloin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
purloin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
purloin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

purloin: valid Words With Friends Word