PURLOIN


Meaning of PURLOIN in English

— purloiner , n.

/peuhr loyn", perr"loyn/ , v.t.

1. to take dishonestly; steal; filch; pilfer.

v.i.

2. to commit theft; steal.

[ 1400-50; late ME purloynen purloigner to put off, remove, equiv. to pur- ( pro- PRO- 1 ) + -loigner, deriv. of loin at a distance, far off longe ]

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