单词 | purloinment |
释义 | purloinmentn. Theft, an act of theft; = purloining n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > an instance or act of stealth1402 purloinment1621 touch1821 steal1825 lift1852 1621 R. Jeffries & N. Crispe Let. 21 Oct. in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1618–21 (1906) 296 To sollicit that their goods might be kept from spoyle or perloynement. c1800 Authentic Mem. from Jrnl. King of Swindlers 294 A visit from Mr. Drage, recalling to his recollection the purloinment of his letters, from the chancery office. 1898 Fresno (Calif.) Weekly Republican 26 Aug. 5/3 The effective fielding of Fresno always prevented a purloinment of the rubber. 1938 Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune 11 Mar. 5/2 Roderick, a senior in the college of commerce, was at a loss to explain a possible motive for the purloinment. 2003 Irish Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. 12 The purpose of the purloinment seems, on the face of it, to have been a good idea. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621 |
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