About The Word Purloin
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Purloin
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What's The Definition Of Purloin?
[v] make off with belongings of others
Synonyms | Synonyms for Purloin: abstract | cabbage | filch | hook | lift | nobble | pilfer | pinch | snarf | sneak | swipe Related Terms | Find terms related to Purloin: See Also | steal Purloin In Webster's Dictionary \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 away for one's self; hence, to steal; to
take by theft; to filch.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded
gold. --Milton.
when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin ?
--Dryden.
\Pur*loin"\, v. i. To practice theft; to steal. --Titus ii. 10. |
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