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purloin

[ per-loin, pur-loin ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.


verb (used without object)

  1. to commit theft; steal.

purloin

/ ±èÉœËˈ±ôɔɪ²Ô /

verb

  1. to take (something) dishonestly; steal
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Derived Forms

  • ±è³Ü°ùˈ±ô´Ç¾±²Ô±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è³Ü°ù·±ô´Ç¾±²Ôİù noun
  • ³Ü²Ôp³Ü°ù·±ô´Ç¾±²Ô±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of purloin1

First recorded in 1325–50; Middle English purloynen, from Anglo-French purloigner, Old French porloigner “to put off, remove,†equivalent to pur- (from Latin ±è°ùÅ- pro- 1 ) + -loigner, derivative of loin “at a distance, far off,†from Latin ±ô´Ç²Ô²µÅ§ “a long way off,†adverb of longus “long†( long 1( def ) )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of purloin1

C15: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for + loin distant, from Latin longus long
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A simple but effective way to stop auto bandits from purloining your key fob signal is to use a Faraday bag or pouch.

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According to the previously unreported federal conviction, Bird, then 30 and living in Sunnyside, Yakima County, falsified a 1991 credit application “with intent to steal and purloin†funds from U.S.

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Four middle-aged suspects were arrested in Southern California this week when officers found them in possession of roughly $300,000 worth of purloined Lego sets, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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He now plays Arthur, an Englishman in 1980s Italy with a mysterious gift for finding Etruscan tombs, which he and his crew then rob, selling the purloined artifacts to an antiquities dealer.

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However the records Trump purloined are characterized, it remains a crime under the Espionage Act to willfully retain national defense information, which the documents at the center of this case clearly are.

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