purloin

pur·loin  (pr-loin, pûrloin)

v. pur·loined, pur·loin·ing, pur·loins

v.tr.

To steal, often in a violation of trust. See Synonyms at steal.

v.intr.

To commit theft.

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[Middle English purloinen, to remove, from Anglo-Norman purloigner : pur-, away (from Latin pr-; see pro-¹) + loign, far (from Latin long, from longus, long; see del-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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pur·loiner n.

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purloin

Verb

Formal to steal [Old French porloigner to put at a distance]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

purloin - make off with belongings of others cabbage, filch, pilfer, snarf, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

Translations

purloin [pəːˈlɔɪn] vt → hurtar, robar

purloin [pəːˈlɔɪn] vt → dérober

purloin [pəːˈlɔɪn] (form) vt → entwenden

purloin [pəːˈlɔɪn] vt → rubare