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purloin
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
purloin
(verb)
purloin
/pɚ
ˈ
loɪn/
verb
purloins
;
purloined
;
purloining
purloin
/pɚ
ˈ
loɪn/
verb
purloins
;
purloined
;
purloining
Britannica Dictionary definition of PURLOIN
[
+ object
]
formal + humorous
:
to take (something that belongs to someone else)
:
steal
He managed to
purloin
[=
filch
] a bottle of whiskey when no one was looking.
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— purloined
adjective
purloined
[=
stolen
] love letters
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