This boy tried to purloin my wallet on the streetcar.
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Purloin
Synonyms for "purloin" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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5 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- крада verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- присвоявам verb (to take the property of another)
Dutch
3 entries- ontvreemden verb (to take the property of another)
- ontwenden verb (to take the property of another)
- stelen verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Finnish
3 entries- anastaa verb (to take the property of another)
- kähveltää verb (to take the property of another)
- varastaa verb (to take the property of another)
French
1 entries- dépouiller verb (to take the property of another)
German
3 entries- entwenden verb (to take the property of another)
- mitgehen lassen verb (to take the property of another)
- stehlen verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Greek
1 entries- κλέβω verb (to take the property of another)
Hungarian
4 entries- elemel verb (to take the property of another)
- ellop verb (to take the property of another)
- eloroz verb (to take the property of another)
- eltulajdonít verb (to take the property of another)
Icelandic
3 entries- ræna verb (to take the property of another)
- stela verb (to take the property of another)
- taka verb (to take the property of another)
Italian
1 entries- rubare verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Korean
1 entries- 빼앗다 verb (to take the property of another)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- خرسزلامق verb (to take the property of another)
- خرسزلامق verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- چالمق verb (to take the property of another)
- چالمق verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Russian
3 entries- ворова́ть verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- красть verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- присва́ивать verb (to take the property of another)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- otuđiti verb (to take the property of another)
- otuđiti verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- prisvojiti verb (to take the property of another)
- ukrasti verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Spanish
2 entries- hurtar verb (to take the property of another)
- robar verb (to take the property of another)
Swedish
4 entries- beslagta verb (to take the property of another)
- snatta verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
- stjäla verb (to take the property of another)
- stjäla verb (to commit theft; to thieve)
Turkish
3 entries- aşırmak verb (to take the property of another)
- yürütmek verb (to take the property of another)
- çalmak verb (to take the property of another)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Had from his wakeful custody purloined / The guarded gold.
Source: wiktionary
Probably my acquaintance, Mr Blank, therefore, would have been able, if he had so wished to do, to purloin the papers which he mentioned.
Source: wiktionary
The refreshment room was full of chatter and babble, which attracted everybody's envious glances. Some one had left his set in the middle of the dance, purloined a sandwich from the buffet, and was now chewing away proudly as he swerved and stamped, to the amusement of the rest.
Source: wiktionary
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