purloin
Significat (Anglès)
- (formal, humorous, transitive, usually) To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
- (intransitive) To commit theft; to thieve.
Sinònims
abscond with
help oneself to
deprive … of
deprive of
Traduccions
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/pɜːˈlɔɪn/
Etimologia (Anglès)
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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