purloin
purloin[pəːˈlɔɪn]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purloinernoun语源- Middle English (in the sense 'put at a distance'): from Anglo-Norman French purloigner 'put away', from pur- 'forth' + loign 'far'
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