purloin

pur·loin

P0670000 (pər-loin′, pûr′loin′)tr.v. pur·loined, pur·loin·ing, pur·loins To steal, especially in a stealthy way. See Synonyms at steal.

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[Middle English purloinen, to remove, from Anglo-Norman purloigner : pur-, away (from Latin prō-; see pro-¹) + loign, far (from Latin longē, from longus, long; see del- in Indo-European roots).]

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pur·loin′er n.

purloin

(pɜːˈlɔɪn) vb (Law) to take (something) dishonestly; steal[C15: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for +loin distant, from Latin longus long] purˈloiner n

pur•loin

(pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn)

v.t. 1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch. v.i. 2. to commit theft; steal. [1400–50; late Middle English purloynen < Anglo-French purloigner to put off, remove =pur- (< Latin prō- pro-¹) + -loigner, derivative of loin at a distance, far off < Latin longē] pur•loin′er, n.

purloin

- Meaning to steal, it is from Latin pur/pro, "forth," and loign, "far."See also related terms for steal.

purloin

Past participle: purloined
Gerund: purloining

Imperative
purloin
purloin

Present
I purloin
you purloin
he/she/it purloins
we purloin
you purloin
they purloin

Preterite
I purloined
you purloined
he/she/it purloined
we purloined
you purloined
they purloined

Present Continuous
I am purloining
you are purloining
he/she/it is purloining
we are purloining
you are purloining
they are purloining

Present Perfect
I have purloined
you have purloined
he/she/it has purloined
we have purloined
you have purloined
they have purloined

Past Continuous
I was purloining
you were purloining
he/she/it was purloining
we were purloining
you were purloining
they were purloining

Past Perfect
I had purloined
you had purloined
he/she/it had purloined
we had purloined
you had purloined
they had purloined

Future
I will purloin
you will purloin
he/she/it will purloin
we will purloin
you will purloin
they will purloin

Future Perfect
I will have purloined
you will have purloined
he/she/it will have purloined
we will have purloined
you will have purloined
they will have purloined

Future Continuous
I will be purloining
you will be purloining
he/she/it will be purloining
we will be purloining
you will be purloining
they will be purloining

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been purloining
you have been purloining
he/she/it has been purloining
we have been purloining
you have been purloining
they have been purloining

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been purloining
you will have been purloining
he/she/it will have been purloining
we will have been purloining
you will have been purloining
they will have been purloining

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been purloining
you had been purloining
he/she/it had been purloining
we had been purloining
you had been purloining
they had been purloining

Conditional
I would purloin
you would purloin
he/she/it would purloin
we would purloin
you would purloin
they would purloin

Past Conditional
I would have purloined
you would have purloined
he/she/it would have purloined
we would have purloined
you would have purloined
they would have purloined

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

purloin - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, snarf, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, liftsteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

purloin

verb (Formal) steal, rob, lift (informal), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), appropriate, trouser (slang), pinch (informal), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), blag (slang), pilfer, walk off with, snitch (slang), filch, prig (Brit. slang), snaffle (Brit. informal), thieve He was caught purloining books from the library.

purloin

verbTo take (another's property) without permission:filch, pilfer, snatch, steal, thieve.Informal: lift, swipe.Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.Idiom: make off with.

Translations

dépouillerdérobervoler