purloining

Definitions

The act of stealing or taking something, especially in a stealthy or surreptitious manner.

The act of committing theft, often involving a breach of trust.

Examples

The disgruntled employee was caught purloining office supplies to sell online.

He spent his entire career purloining classified documents from the government archives.

Synonyms

stealing pilfering thieving filching embezzling lifting shoplifting

Antonyms

returning restoring giving donating surrendering repaying relinquishing