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Showing words for PURLOIN using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Purloin
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Definitions for Purloin
[1] to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
[2] to commit theft; steal.
[3] to take (something) dishonestly; steal
Words related to Purloin
pilfer, filch, misappropriate, embezzle, burglarize, shoplift, poach, pillage, cheat, pinch, heist, thieve, plunder, appropriate, lift, take, snitch, defraud, swindle
Words nearby Purloin
purl, purler, purlieu, purlin, purlin plate, purloin, purpart, purparty, purple, purple bacteria, purple beech
Origin of Purloin
1400–50; late Middle English purloynen < Anglo-French purloigner to put off, remove, equivalent to pur- (< Latin prō- pro-1) + -loigner, derivative of loin at a distance, far off < Latin longē
Other words from Purloin
pur·loin·er , noun
un·pur·loined , adjective
Word origin for Purloin
C15: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for + loin distant, from Latin longus long
Synonyms for Purloin
embezzle, filch, misappropriate, pilfer, appropriate, burglarize, cheat, defraud, heist, lift, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve, make off with, rip off