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Definitions
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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