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Showing words for PURLOINING using the English dictionary
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Definitions for Purloining
[1] to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.
[2] to commit theft; steal.
[3] to take (something) dishonestly; steal
Words related to Purloining
purloinpilfer, filch, misappropriate, embezzle, burglarize, shoplift, poach, pillage, cheat, pinch, heist, thieve, plunder, appropriate, lift, take, snitch, defraud, swindle
Words nearby Purloining
purloinpurl, purler, purlieu, purlin, purlin plate, purloin, purpart, purparty, purple, purple bacteria, purple beech
Origin of Purloining
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 Purloining
pur·loin·er , noun
un·pur·loined , adjective
Word origin for Purloining
C15: from Old French porloigner to put at a distance, from por- for + loin distant, from Latin longus long
Synonyms for Purloining
embezzle, filch, misappropriate, pilfer, appropriate, burglarize, cheat, defraud, heist, lift, pillage, pinch, plunder, poach, shoplift, snitch, swindle, take, thieve, make off with, rip off