purloin

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pɜːˈlɔɪn/   

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal. formal,humorous,transitive,usually
    — Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.
  2. To commit theft; to thieve. intransitive
    — The Apostle expressly forbiddeth servants to purloin (Titus 2:10).

词形变化

purloins present,singular,third-person purloining participle,present purloined participle,past purloined past

词汇关系

衍生词
purloiner purloinment unpurloined

词源

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.
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