purloin

purloin is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To take or carry away for one's self; hence, to steal; to take by theft; to filch.
2. intransitive verb. To practice theft; to steal.
3. verb. make off with belongings of others

   Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe

Synonyms

abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, snarf, sneak, swipe

Common word forms

purloins, purloined, purloiner, purloining

Words from these letters

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