Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of purloin
nounpurloining (plural purloinings)
plural purloinings
- theft
c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.
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purloining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purloining
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“purloining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purloining. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purloining,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purloining.
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