Purloin Definition

pər-loin, pûrloin
purloined, purloining, purloins
verb
purloined, purloining, purloins
To steal, especially in a stealthy way.
American Heritage
To steal; filch.
Webster's New World

To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

Wiktionary

(intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

Wiktionary
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Origin of Purloin

  • Middle English purloinen to remove from Anglo-Norman purloigner pur- away (from Latin prō- pro–1) loign far (from Latin longē) (from longus long del-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Norman purloigner, one of the variants of Old French porloigner.

    From Wiktionary

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PPUPUR

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NINOIN

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