purloin
pronunciation
How to pronounce purloin in British English:
UK [pɜ:ˈlɔɪn]
How to pronounce purloin in American English:
US [pɜrˈlɔɪn]
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- Verb:
- make off with belongings of others
Word Origin
- purloin
- purloin: see long
- purloin (v.)
- mid-14c., "remove, misappropriate," from Anglo-French purloigner "remove," Old French porloigner "put off, retard, delay, drag out; be far away," from por- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pro-) + Old French loing "far," from Latin longe, from longus (see long (adj.)). Sense of "to steal" (1540s) is a development in English. Related: Purloined; purloining.
Example
- 1. So is punishing those who purloin classified materials .
- 2. Because ford and volvo are joined at the hip in engineering terms , geely has been forced to go to considerable lengths to reassure ford that it will not simply purloin the pair 's advanced platforms and powertrains for its existing car business .
- 3. You even issued me a user name and a password so secret it had to be hidden in a " safe place " lest someone purloin it .