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purloin
Overview of verb purloin
The verb purloin has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift -- (make off with belongings of others)
Antonyms of verb purloin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb purloin
1 sense of purloin
Sense 1
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
=> take
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purloin
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb purloin
1 sense of purloin
Sense 1
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
'Cause To' of verb purloin
Derived Forms of verb purloin
Domain of verb purloin
Domain Terms of verb purloin
Familiarity of verb purloin
purloin used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb purloin
1 sense of purloin
Sense 1
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
EX: They purloin the goods
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb purloin
1 sense of purloin
Sense 1
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
> steal
=> pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> rustle, lift
=> shoplift
=> pirate
=> plagiarize, plagiarise, lift
=> pocket, bag
=> embezzle, defalcate, peculate, misappropriate, malversate
=> rob
=> hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom
=> walk off
=> hustle, pluck, roll
=> loot, plunder
=> burglarize, burglarise, burgle, heist
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb purloin
Sense 1
pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
=> steal
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Grep of verb purloin
purloin
Grep of adj purloin
purloined
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