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purloin

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7 lettersPronunciation /pɜːˈlɔɪn/Part of speech verbSorted ilnopruStarts with PEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make off with belongings of others

Word origin

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.

Used in a sentence

  • Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.
  • Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.
  • Or was this simply another item Mr. Stink had purloined during his career as a gentleman thief?

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