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单词 purloining
释义 I. purˈloining, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb purloin; making away with; pilfering, filching.
1583in Yorksh. Archæol. Soc. XVII. 256 For perloynynge of wreckes or goodes stollen upon the sea.1622F. Markham Bk. War ii. vi. 63 Hee is also to discouer all manner of thefts or purloynings (whether of victualls or other matter).a1827J. Whyte Serm. Doctr. & Pract. Subj. xiii. (1831) 231 The allowable purloining of your earlier days.
II. purˈloining, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That purloins; pilfering, filching.
1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 283 Thinking it safe from y⊇ purloyning robber.16022nd Pt. Return fr. Parnass. i. iv. (Arb.) 17 Let vs run through all the lewd formes of lime⁓twig purloyning villanies.
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