| 单词 | purloin |
| 释义 | purloin (once / 7472 pages) v You can use the verb purloin to mean "steal" or "take," especially if it's done in a sneaky way. If you sneak a dollar out of your mom's purse, you purloin it. Kids might purloin apples from a neighbor's tree, and a crooked cashier might purloin cash from her boss's convenience store. Originally, purloin meant "put at a distance" in Middle English. The word comes from the Anglo-French purloigner, "put away." WORD FAMILYpurloin: purloined, purloining, purloins USAGE EXAMPLESTrump gleefully cited many of the purloined emails on the campaign trail. Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) Mr. Trump gleefully cited many of the purloined emails on the campaign trail. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) The researchers then used what cryptographers describe as a “side channel” attack to purloin the key that Philips uses to authenticate new software. New York Times(Nov 03, 2016) v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent |
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