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   purloin

   /pəːˈlɔɪn/

   verb

   • 1. steal (something): formal, humorous "he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘put at a distance’): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner ‘put away’, from pur- ‘forth’ + loign ‘far’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. purloiner noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • P

     3

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

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