Purloin
Crossword Clue and Answers

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This clue in was most recently seen in the wild in Evening Standard Quick Crossword.

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Publications

  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 6 Oct 2021
  • The Mirror Classic - Monday, 18 Jan 2021
  • Irish Times Simplex Crossword - Saturday, 12 Dec 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 7 Nov 2020
  • Evening Standard Quick Crossword - Wednesday, 4 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Thursday, 6 Aug 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 8 Apr 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Wednesday, 18 Mar 2020
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 25 Jan 2020
  • Irish Times Simplex Crossword - Saturday, 10 Nov 2018
  • Irish Times Simplex Crossword - Saturday, 3 Mar 2018

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ROB
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price

4 letters

HOOK
A sharp curve or crook; a shape resembling a hook

LIFT
The act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up"

GLOM
Take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"

NICK
Mate successfully; of livestock

5 letters

STEAL
A stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

PINCH
Irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear; "smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth"; "the pain is as if sharp points pinch your back"

SNARF
Make off with belongings of others

SNEAK
Someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

SWIPE
A sweeping stroke or blow

FILCH
Make off with belongings of others

6 letters

THIEVE
Take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"

NOBBLE
Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's son was kidnapped"

PILFER
Make off with belongings of others

7 letters

CABBAGE
Informal terms for money

8 letters

ABSTRACT
A concept or idea not associated with any specific instance; "he loved her only in the abstract--not in person"