Definitions for purloins

purloins pur·loin

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

Purloins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 292 anagrams from letters in purloins (ilnoprsu).

Definitions for purloins

verb (used with object)

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

verb (used without object)

  1. to commit theft; steal.

Origin of purloins

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 purloins

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Word Value for purloins
Scrable

9

Words with friends

13

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