purloin
verb (formal or humorous)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they purloin | |
| he / she / it purloins | |
| past simple purloined | |
| past participle purloined | |
| -ing form purloining |
- purloin something (from somebody/something)
to steal something or use it without permission 偷窃；擅自使用 We purloined a couple of old computers from work. 我们偷了几台旧电脑。
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away’, from pur- ‘forth’ + loign ‘far’.