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purloin v : make off with belongings of others [syn:
pilfer
,
cabbage
,
pinch
,
abstract
,
snarf
,
swipe
,
hook
,
sneak
,
filch
,
nobble
,
lift
]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Rhymes:
-ɔɪn
Verb
to
steal
or
take
I think he intended to purloin the purse.
Translations
Dutch:
ontvreemden
Finnish:
varastaa
,
kähveltää
,
anastaa
German:
entwenden
Icelandic:
stela
,
taka
,
ræna
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abstract
,
and
,
annex
,
appropriate
,
bag
,
boost
,
borrow
,
cabbage
,
cop
,
crib
,
defraud
,
embezzle
,
extort
,
filch
,
hook
,
lift
, make off with,
nip
,
palm
,
pilfer
,
pinch
,
poach
, run away with,
rustle
,
scrounge
,
shoplift
,
snare
,
snatch
,
snitch
,
steal
,
swindle
,
swipe
,
take
,
thieve
, walk off with
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