purloin

Monsieur G has a case which he cannot solve, involving a purloined (stolen) letter.
M. G a un cas qu'il ne peut résoudre, impliquant une lettre volée (volée).
Paradoxically, its income, which comes from oil, is increasing, but none of it reaches the inhabitants, being entirely purloined by the ruling classes.
Paradoxalement, ses revenus, tirés du pétrole ne cessent d'augmenter, mais ils ne parviennent pas du tout aux habitants, ils restent uniquement dans les mains de la classe dirigeante.
The authority they enjoyed as a result of the banner of the October Revolution, which they purloined and dragged in the mire, was placed at the service of a counter-revolutionary policy.
Ils mirent au service d'une politique contre-révolutionnaire l'autorité dont ils jouissaient à cause du drapeau de la Révolution d'Octobre qu'ils ont volé et qu'ils traînent dans la boue.
The case of the purloined watch is closed.
L'affaire de la montre volée est close.
It is not something to be purloined by the EU in its desperate scramble for internal and external credibility, made more desperate by the humiliating rejection of the unwanted Constitution.
Ce n’est pas un élément dont l’UE peut s’emparer dans sa recherche désespérée de crédibilité intérieure et extérieure, rendue plus désespérée encore par l’humiliant rejet de cette Constitution européenne mal aimée.
The altarpiece was purloined from the church two centuries ago.
Le retable a été dérobé à l'église il y a deux siècles.
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