purloin
/pɜːˈlɔɪn/verb
with obj.
- formal or humorous steal (something)〈正式或幽默〉偷(东西):
he must have managed to purloin a copy of the key.
他肯定想办法偷偷复制了这把钥匙。
派生词
purloiner
noun词源
Middle English (in the sense 'put at a distance'): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner 'put away', from pur- 'forth' + loign 'far'.