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单词 purloin
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pur•loin /pɚˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜrlɔɪn/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. to take dishonestly;
    steal:[~] + [object]to purloin someone's wallet.
pur•loin•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pur•loin  (pər loin, pûrloin),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to take dishonestly;
    steal;
    filch;
    pilfer.

v.i. 
  1. to commit theft;
    steal.
  • Latin longē
  • Latin prō- pro-1) + -loigner, derivative of loin at a distance, far off
  • Anglo-French purloigner to put off, remove, equivalent. to pur- (
  • late Middle English purloynen 1400–50
pur•loiner, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
purloin /pɜːˈlɔɪn/ vb
  1. to take (something) dishonestly; steal
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for +loin distant, from Latin longus long

purˈloiner n
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