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单词 purloin
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Definition of purloin in English:

purloin

verb pəːˈlɔɪnpərˈlɔɪn
[with object]humorous, formal
  • Steal (something)

    he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whole issue here is whether their colleagues on the Senate staff side were purloining Democratic staff memos to aid that planning.
    • Keep in mind that trademarks don't trigger a siren every time someone purloins your idea.
    • I'm not saying people should go around purloining things, but the bottom line is, it isn't murder.
    • I must say that I never, myself, discerned in him any literary talent or literary learning, but I noted how quick on the uptake he was to purloin the ideas of other people, and then parrot them at short notice.
    • And she was at Balmoral, the queen's Scottish estate and purloined a few letters from Prince Charles' briefcase, sent them down to me via an intermediary.
    • Why should a fledgling charismatic church leader be able to purloin another church's title?
    • The film opens with Lloyd clutching a briefcase containing one of the diamonds, intent on preventing Max and Lola from purloining it.
    • Elsewhere we have to purloin a ladder to get a box down, so we can open it.
    • It seemed that I had somehow purloined a shopping bag laden with firecrackers, blockbusters, cherry bombs, roman candles and sparklers from the Giftland shop at the nearby St. Louis Street Shopping Centre.
    • In return they are not held liable for the acts of their customers (e.g. transporting dangerous substances, purloined intellectual property, etc).
    • Were old trees being purloined, appropriated wrongfully, when they were sectioned by scientists?
    • Their images are purloined, confiscated, appropriated, stolen.
    • Sometimes it's impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person's blog.
    • Bits of our constitution were actually purloined from the United States Constitution.
    • The powerful amulet of Samarkand, which is usually in the safekeeping of the government, is purloined by the wicked Lovelace, who, naturally, wants to use it for his own nefarious purposes.
    • The character Alex McLeish has given to his side is best understood when you recall how first Rangers, and then Celtic, purloined two of his most promising players.
    • Robert Aickman, who wrote some of the finest supernatural fiction of the 20th century, purloined the word to describe the effect he strove for in his work.
    • Holroyd secretly purloins a ‘fistful’ of Collis's papers and drives off with them.
    • He then graduated to purloining software of major corporations, including major electronic manufacturers.
    • Hollywood executives must assume that no one in that great country of theirs can read subtitles, so there's nothing wrong with purloining the imagination of others to present North American versions of Japanese ghost stories.
    Synonyms
    steal, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, abscond with, run off with, appropriate, abstract, carry off, shoplift
    steal, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, abscond with, run off with, appropriate, abstract, carry off, shoplift

Derivatives

  • purloiner

  • noun pəːˈlɔɪnəpərˈlɔɪnər
    humorous, formal
    • I have to out myself as a purloiner of office supplies, a loafer, a personal phone call maker.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'put at a distance'): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner 'put away', from pur- 'forth' + loign 'far'.

Rhymes

adjoin, Boulogne, coign, coin, conjoin, Des Moines, Dordogne, enjoin, groin, groyne, join, loin, quoin, subjoin
 
 

Definition of purloin in US English:

purloin

verbpərˈloinpərˈlɔɪn
[with object]formal, humorous
  • Steal (something)

    he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The whole issue here is whether their colleagues on the Senate staff side were purloining Democratic staff memos to aid that planning.
    • It seemed that I had somehow purloined a shopping bag laden with firecrackers, blockbusters, cherry bombs, roman candles and sparklers from the Giftland shop at the nearby St. Louis Street Shopping Centre.
    • I must say that I never, myself, discerned in him any literary talent or literary learning, but I noted how quick on the uptake he was to purloin the ideas of other people, and then parrot them at short notice.
    • Why should a fledgling charismatic church leader be able to purloin another church's title?
    • Their images are purloined, confiscated, appropriated, stolen.
    • Elsewhere we have to purloin a ladder to get a box down, so we can open it.
    • Holroyd secretly purloins a ‘fistful’ of Collis's papers and drives off with them.
    • Bits of our constitution were actually purloined from the United States Constitution.
    • And she was at Balmoral, the queen's Scottish estate and purloined a few letters from Prince Charles' briefcase, sent them down to me via an intermediary.
    • Were old trees being purloined, appropriated wrongfully, when they were sectioned by scientists?
    • Keep in mind that trademarks don't trigger a siren every time someone purloins your idea.
    • He then graduated to purloining software of major corporations, including major electronic manufacturers.
    • The character Alex McLeish has given to his side is best understood when you recall how first Rangers, and then Celtic, purloined two of his most promising players.
    • The film opens with Lloyd clutching a briefcase containing one of the diamonds, intent on preventing Max and Lola from purloining it.
    • In return they are not held liable for the acts of their customers (e.g. transporting dangerous substances, purloined intellectual property, etc).
    • The powerful amulet of Samarkand, which is usually in the safekeeping of the government, is purloined by the wicked Lovelace, who, naturally, wants to use it for his own nefarious purposes.
    • Hollywood executives must assume that no one in that great country of theirs can read subtitles, so there's nothing wrong with purloining the imagination of others to present North American versions of Japanese ghost stories.
    • I'm not saying people should go around purloining things, but the bottom line is, it isn't murder.
    • Robert Aickman, who wrote some of the finest supernatural fiction of the 20th century, purloined the word to describe the effect he strove for in his work.
    • Sometimes it's impossible to not purloin an excerpt from another person's blog.
    Synonyms
    steal, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, abscond with, run off with, appropriate, abstract, carry off, shoplift
    steal, thieve, take, take for oneself, help oneself to, loot, pilfer, abscond with, run off with, appropriate, abstract, carry off, shoplift

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away’, from pur- ‘forth’ + loign ‘far’.

 
 
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