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Antonyms for purloin

Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-loin, pur-loin
Phonetic Transcription : pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn


Definition of purloin

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "remove, misappropriate," from Anglo-French purloigner "remove," Old French porloigner "put off, retard, delay, drag out; be far away," from por- (from Latin pro- "forth;" see pro-) + Old French loing "far," from Latin longe, from longus (see long (adj.)). Sense of "to steal" (1540s) is a development in English. Related: Purloined; purloining.
  • verb steal
Example sentences :
  • He broke into outhouses with an axe he managed to purloin in a wood-cutters' camp.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • He must purloin it before then—that very night, if possible.
  • Extract from : « The Burglars' Club » by Henry A. Hering
  • The great object is to purloin it by force or by fraud from those who have created it.
  • Extract from : « Harmonies of Political Economy » by Frdric Bastiat
  • I managed to purloin a lantern from the kitchen to light our path.
  • Extract from : « Our Next-Door Neighbors » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • Did I not purloin it because I was so high-minded as to want to win a game of chess from you?
  • Extract from : « Henry VIII And His Court » by Louise Muhlbach
  • Why didn't they purloin a beer-stein, quiescent on a japanned tray?
  • Extract from : « My Actor-Husband » by Anonymous
  • When I did first purloin the Queen's tarts last summer, methought to eat them.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 » by Various
  • But what could there be in the will to cause her to purloin it?
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Burden » by Fergus Hume
  • The discipline was rigorous, and all that he could purloin was a few candle-ends.
  • Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Spain » by Lewis Spence
  • To keep up the juggle—well, I know it must be so; but to purloin my name!
  • Extract from : « The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales » by Richard Garnett

Synonyms for purloin

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