purloin

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

dérober

voler

dépouiller

piquer

subtiliser

piger

chiper

chou

Synonymes

steal

pilfer

filch

pinch

abstract

nick

rob

thieve

swipe

lift

embezzle

strip

snitch

misappropriate

nip

nobble

peel

starve

bare

cabbage

clear

cop

👮

crib

defalcate

deprive

detect

discover

expose

hook

🪝

kidnap

shell

🐚

skin

snarf

sneak

uncover

scrounge

make off with

shoplift

walk off with

abscond with

help oneself to

help

abduct

heist

despoil

carry away

take

bag

deprive … of

deprive of

Traductions

entwenden

hurtar

rubare

roubar

furtar

robar

ontvreemden

stelen

aşırmak

furtar

stehlen

gappen

pispar

gatunar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pɜːˈlɔɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: purloynen

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.