purloin
verb /pɜːˈlɔɪn/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪn/
/ˈpɜːrlɔɪn/
(formal or humorous)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they purloin | /pɜːˈlɔɪn/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪn/ /ˈpɜːrlɔɪn/ |
| he / she / it purloins | /pɜːˈlɔɪnz/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪnz/ /ˈpɜːrlɔɪnz/ |
| past simple purloined | /pɜːˈlɔɪnd/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪnd/ /ˈpɜːrlɔɪnd/ |
| past participle purloined | /pɜːˈlɔɪnd/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪnd/ /ˈpɜːrlɔɪnd/ |
| -ing form purloining | /pɜːˈlɔɪnɪŋ/, /ˈpɜːlɔɪnɪŋ/ /ˈpɜːrlɔɪnɪŋ/ |
- purloin something (from somebody/something) to steal something or use it without permission
- We purloined a couple of old computers from work.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away’, from pur- ‘forth’ + loign ‘far’.