Ejemplos de uso de purloin
1. Now, they are also starting to purloin phones and satellite dishes.
2. I managed to purloin a mattress for my bed and I‘ve even got my favourite skincare products.
3. The FBI estimates that more than 3,000 "front companies" have been established by Chinese nationals in the US specifically to purloin military and economic secrets illegally.
4. Watching President Lyndon Johnson purloin the civil–rights slogan "We shall overcome" on a TV broadcast, he observed÷ "If you want to defeat a movement, steal its song." Long ago, Dylan warned us about heroes with feet of clay÷ "Don‘t follow leaders, watch your parkin‘ meters ... " Regardless of his apparent determination to demean his own artistry, in his great songs he offers an enduring indictment of the tyranny of commodities÷ "Money doesn‘t talk, it swears." So when the apocalyptic lyrics of Hard Rain ring out at Starbucks later this summer, they may not carry the same charge as they did at the Gaslight in 1'62, but they‘ll still challenge anyone who really listens to take a step beyond caffeine–hyped consumerism.