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purloin

pur·loin

UK/pɜːˈlɔɪn/ US/pɜrˈlɔɪn/ uncommon formal

verb

Origin

From Middle English purloynen (“to remove”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman purloigner (“to put far away”), one of the variants of Old French porloignier. Doublet of prolong.

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