English-Thai Dictionary

purloin

VI ขโมย  rob steal ka-moi

 

purloin

VT ขโมย  rob steal ka-moi

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PURLOIN

v.t. 1. Literally, to take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft.
Your butler purloins your liquor.
2. To take by plagiarism; to steal from books or manuscripts.

 

PURLOINED

pp. Stolen; taken by plagiarism.

 

PURLOINER

n.A thief; a plagiary.

 

PURLOINING

ppr. Stealing; committing literary theft.

 

PURLOINING

n.Theft; plagiarism.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PURLOIN

Pur *loin ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Purloined; p. pr. & vb. n.Purloining. ] Etym: [OF. purloignier, porloignier, to retard, delay; pur, por, pour, for (L. pro ) + loin far, far off (L. longe ). See Prolong, and cf. Eloign. ]

 

Defn: To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch. Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin Dryden.

 

PURLOIN

PURLOIN Pur *loin ", v. i.

 

Defn: To practice theft; to steal. Titus ii. 1 .

 

PURLOINER

PURLOINER Pur *loin "er, n.

 

Defn: One who purloins. Swift.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

purloin

pur loin |pərˈloin pərˈlɔɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] steal (something ): he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key. DERIVATIVES pur loin er noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance ’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away, ’ from pur- ‘forth ’ + loign ‘far. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

purloin

purloin |pəːˈlɔɪn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] formal or humorous steal (something ): he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key. DERIVATIVES purloiner noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance ’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away ’, from pur- ‘forth ’ + loign ‘far ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

purloin

purloin verb formal the scoundrels who purloined our tractor: steal, thieve, rob, take, snatch, pilfer, loot, appropriate; informal swipe, nab, rip off, lift, “liberate ”, “borrow ”, filch, snaffle, pinch, heist.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

purloin

purloin verb they crash cars through storefronts to purloin merchandise. See thieve.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

purloin

pur loin /pəː r lɔ́ɪn, -́- /動詞 他動詞 自動詞 ｟かたく /おどけて ｠(…を )盗む (steal ); (…を )許可なく借りる .