purloin

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. (formal, humorous, transitive, usually) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
  2. (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/pɜːˈlɔɪn/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

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.

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