1) Abstract 2) Cabbage 3) Filch 4) French word used in English 5) Hook 6) Lift 7) Make off with 8) Nobble 9) Pilfer 10) Pinch 11) Snarf 12) Sneak 13) Steal 14) Swipe 15) Take the wrong way 16) To appropriate wrongfully 17) To commit theft 18) To steal 19) To take dishonestly 20) To thieve Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/purloin
Pur·loin' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Purloined ; present participle & verbal noun Purloining .] [ Old French purloignier , porloignier , to retard, delay; pur , por , pour , for (L... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/198