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pur·loin
 purloin
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- pronunciation:
- p
 r
loIn
[or]
puhr
loIn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
purloins, purloining, purloined |
| definition: |
to take (something) without the owner's consent; steal.
- synonyms:
- cop, pilfer, rip off, rob, steal, thieve
- similar words:
- appropriate, expropriate, filch, loot, peculate, swipe, take, usurp
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| related words: |
appropriate, lift, pick, rob |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to purloin something; commit theft.
- synonyms:
- peculate, pilfer, rob, steal, thieve
- similar words:
- loot, plunder, usurp
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| related words: |
rob |
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| derivation: |
purloiner (n.) |
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