Definitions for purloin

purloin pur·loin

Spelling: [per-loin, pur-loin]
IPA: /pərˈlɔɪn, ˈpɜr lɔɪn/

Purloin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 146 anagrams from letters in purloin (ilnopru).

Definitions for purloin

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

  1. to commit theft; steal.

Origin of purloin

1400-50; late Middle English purloynen Anglo-French purloigner to put off, remove, equivalent to pur- (Latin prō- pro-1) + -loigner, derivative of loin at a

Examples for purloin

But what could there be in the will to cause her to purloin it?

I managed to purloin a lantern from the kitchen to light our path.

Why didn't they purloin a beer-stein, quiescent on a japanned tray?

He must purloin it before then—that very night, if possible.

The great object is to purloin it by force or by fraud from those who have created it.

Did I not purloin it because I was so high-minded as to want to win a game of chess from you?

The discipline was rigorous, and all that he could purloin was a few candle-ends.

When I did first purloin the Queen's tarts last summer, methought to eat them.

If a thief gets a load of said bags, he'll pop right out of your mattress and purloin them.

He broke into outhouses with an axe he managed to purloin in a wood-cutters' camp.

Word Value for purloin
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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