PURLOIN


Meaning of PURLOIN in English

[ pə:'lɔɪn ]

■ verb formal or humorous steal.

Derivatives

~er noun

Origin

ME (in the sense 'put at a distance'): from Anglo-Norman Fr. purloigner 'put away'.

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