purloin

  • 21purloin — [pə: lɔɪn] verb formal or humorous steal. Derivatives purloiner noun Origin ME (in the sense put at a distance ): from Anglo Norman Fr. purloigner put away …

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  • 22purloin — v. a. Steal, rob, pilfer, thieve, filch, abstract, crib, cabbage …

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  • 23purloin — v 1. steal, rob, thieve, pilfer, filch, finger, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit. prig, Brit. Sl. snaffle, Euph. borrow, Archaic. nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate; swindle, pocket, mulct, shark; shoplift, palm,… …

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  • 24purloin — pur·loin …

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  • 25purloin — pur•loin [[t]pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn[/t]] v. t. 1) to take dishonestly; steal; filch 2) to commit theft; steal • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME purloynen < AF purloigner to put off, remove =pur (< L prō pro I) + loigner, der. of loin at a distance …

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  • 26purloin — /pɜˈlɔɪn / (say per loyn) verb (t) 1. to take dishonestly or steal: *And then he stole into the house, purloined two apples and a bit of cake from the dining room –ethel turner, 1894. –verb (i) 2. to commit theft. {Middle English purloyne(n),… …

  • 27purloin — To pilfer; to steal; to filch …

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  • 28purloin — see LONG …

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  • 29purloin — v.tr. formal or joc. steal, pilfer. Derivatives: purloiner n. Etymology: ME f. AF purloigner put away, do away with (as PUR , loign far f. L longe) …

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  • 30Purloined — Purloin Pur*loin , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Purloined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Purloining}.] [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro) + loin far, far off (L. longe). See {Prolong}, and cf. {Eloign}.] To take or carry… …

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