Pilfer or purloin Crossword Clue

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Pilfer or purloin Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. move stealthily
2. take without the owner’s consent
(noun)
1. an advantageous purchase
2. 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)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PURLOIN (verb)
1. make off with belongings of others
PILFER (verb)
1. make off with belongings of others

Hint 3: Anagram

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