verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/pɜːˈlɔɪn/
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rhymes with -ɔɪn
CMU ARPABET:P ER0 L OY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal, humorous, transitive, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To commit theft; to thieve.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
make off with belongings of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
присвоявам
(prisvojavam)
— to take the property of another
Dutch:
ontvreemden
— to take the property of another
Dutch:
ontwenden
— to take the property of another
Finnish:
varastaa
— to take the property of another
Finnish:
kähveltää
— to take the property of another
Finnish:
anastaa
— to take the property of another
French:
dépouiller
— to take the property of another
German:
entwenden
— to take the property of another
German:
mitgehen lassen
— to take the property of another
Greek:
κλέβω
(klévo)
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
ellop
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
lop
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
eloroz
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
oroz
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
eltulajdonít
— to take the property of another
Hungarian:
elemel
— to take the property of another
Icelandic:
stela
— to take the property of another
Icelandic:
taka
— to take the property of another
Icelandic:
ræna
— to take the property of another
Korean:
빼앗다
(ppaeatda)
— to take the property of another
Russian:
присва́ивать
(prisváivatʹ)
— to take the property of another
Serbo-Croatian:
otuđiti
— to take the property of another
Serbo-Croatian:
prisvojiti
— to take the property of another
Spanish:
hurtar
— to take the property of another
Spanish:
robar
— to take the property of another
Swedish:
stjäla
— to take the property of another
Swedish:
beslagta
— to take the property of another
Turkish:
aşırmak
— to take the property of another
Turkish:
çalmak
— to take the property of another
Turkish:
yürütmek
— to take the property of another
Ottoman Turkish:
چالمق
(çalmak)
— to take the property of another
Ottoman Turkish:
خرسزلامق
(hırsızlamak)
— to take the property of another
Bulgarian:
крада
(krada)
— to commit theft; to thieve
Dutch:
stelen
— to commit theft; to thieve
German:
stehlen
— to commit theft; to thieve
Italian:
rubare
— to commit theft; to thieve
Russian:
красть
(krastʹ)
— to commit theft; to thieve
Russian:
ворова́ть
(vorovátʹ)
— to commit theft; to thieve
Serbo-Croatian:
ukrasti
— to commit theft; to thieve
Serbo-Croatian:
otuđiti
— to commit theft; to thieve
Swedish:
stjäla
— to commit theft; to thieve
Swedish:
tjuva
— to commit theft; to thieve
Swedish:
snatta
— to commit theft; to thieve
Ottoman Turkish:
چالمق
(çalmak)
— to commit theft; to thieve
Ottoman Turkish:
خرسزلامق
(hırsızlamak)
— to commit theft; to thieve
