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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-loin, pur-loin |
| Phonetic Transcription : pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn |
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Définition of purloiner
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.
- noun larcenist
- At night the purloiner marched to his plunder, and she revived.
- Extract from : « The Queer, the Quaint and the Quizzical » by Frank H. Stauffer
- I have strong doubts of his being the purloiner of the sword.
- Extract from : « Notes & Queries 1850.01.19 » by Various
- The purloiner of a clerk's property was ordered to restore threefold .
- Extract from : « The Parish Clerk (1907) » by Peter Hampson Ditchfield
- Was not the purloiner of my treasure and the wanderer the same person?
- Extract from : « Edgar Huntley » by Charles Brockden Brown
- The purloiner nodded, and his lips twisted into a smile of triumph, as he thrust the sheet of paper into his own pocket.
- Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck
- But in spite of threats the bat was not brought back nor its purloiner or annexer betrayed.
- Extract from : « Glyn Severn's Schooldays » by George Manville Fenn
- You are a corrupter of youth, and an evil man, Mr. Schoolmaster, and a purloiner of letters as well.'
- Extract from : « A German Pompadour » by Marie Hay
- The purloiner of love had introduced herself under cover of the pity in which Maud had believed.
- Extract from : « Cosmopolis, Complete » by Paul Bourget
- One glance at her sweet, highbred features was sufficient to exonerate her as a purloiner of gentlemen's garments.
- Extract from : « Quick Action » by Robert W. Chambers
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