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View usage for: (pɜːʳlɔɪn) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense purloins, present participle purloining, past tense, past participle purloinedverbIf someone purloins something, they steal it or borrow it without asking permission. [formal] Each side purloins the other's private letters. [VERB noun] Synonyms: steal, rob, lift [informal], nick [slang, mainly British] More Synonyms of purloin purloin in British English (pɜːˈlɔɪn) verbto take (something) dishonestly; steal Derived forms purloiner (purˈloiner) noun Word origin C15: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for + loin distant, from Latin longus long purloin in American English (pərˈlɔɪn; ˈpɜrˌlɔɪn) verb transitive, verb intransitive Word origin ME purlognen < OFr purloignier < pur- (L pro-), for + loin, far < L longe, long 1Examples of 'purloin' in a sentencepurloin Definition to steal (formal) He was caught purloining books from the library. Synonyms rob trouser (slang) cabbage (British, slang) knock off (slang) blag (slang) walk off with snitch (slang) prig (British, slang) snaffle (British, informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to take for one's own use without permission What do they think about your appropriating their music and culture? Synonyms steal, take, nick (slang, British), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, poach, swipe (slang), lift (informal), knock off (slang), heist (US, slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, misappropriate, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, plagiarize, thieve, peculate (literary) Definition to steal in small amounts I filched some notes from his wallet. Synonyms steal, take, thieve, pinch (informal), lift (informal), nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), abstract, rip off (slang), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), embezzle, pilfer, walk off with, misappropriate, purloin (formal), snaffle (British, informal) Definition to plagiarize (music or writing) a cartoonish device lifted from a Laurel and Hardy sequence Synonyms steal, take, copy, appropriate, nick (slang, British), pocket, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), pirate, cabbage (British, slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), blag (slang), pilfer, purloin (formal), plagiarize, thieve- puritanism
- purity
- purlieu
- purloin
- purple
- purport
- purpose
Additional synonymsDefinition to steal We used to nick biscuits from the kitchen. Synonyms steal, pinch (informal), swipe (slang), pilfer, finger (slang), trouser (slang), knock off (slang), snitch (slang) Definition to steal (minor items) in small quantities Staff were pilfering cash from the bar. Synonyms steal, take, rob, lift (informal), nick (slang, British), appropriate, trouser (slang), rifle, pinch (informal), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), embezzle, blag (slang), walk off with, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, snaffle (British, informal), thieveDefinition to steal pickpockets who pinched his wallet Synonyms steal, rob, snatch, lift (informal), nick (slang, British), trouser (slang), cabbage (British, slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), blag (slang), pilfer, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, snaffle (British, informal) Definition to steal (something) People kept trying to swipe my copy of the New York Times. Synonyms steal, nick (slang, British), pinch (informal), lift (informal), appropriate, trouser (slang), cabbage (British, slang), knock off (slang), make off with, pilfer, purloin (formal), filch, snaffle (British, informal) Definition to steal other people's possessions These people can't help thieving. Synonyms steal, nick (slang, British), rob, pinch (informal), cabbage (British, slang), poach, plunder, half-inch (old-fashioned, slang), embezzle, blag (slang), pilfer, snitch (slang), purloin, filch, have sticky fingers (informal), peculate |