purloin

Purloin is to steal.

(verb)

When you steal your cousin's shoes, this is an example of a time when you purloin the shoes.

See purloin in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to steal; filch

Origin: ME purlognen < OFr purloignier < pur- (L pro-), for + loin, far < L longe, long

See purloin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pur·loined, pur·loin·ing, pur·loins

verb, transitive

To steal, often in a violation of trust. See Synonyms at steal.

verb, intransitive

To commit theft.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English purloinen, to remove

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman purloigner

Origin: : pur-, away (from Latin prō-; see pro-¹)

Origin: + loign, far (from Latin longē, from longus, long; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots)

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