Used in a Sentence

purloin

How to use purloin in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for purloin.

Editorial note

There is no need for the dark alley if someone has obtained your PIN; he or she just needs to purloin the card.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

make off with belongings of others

Meaning at a glance

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verb

make off with belongings of others

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for purloin.

verb

make off with belongings of others

Example sentences

1

There is no need for the dark alley if someone has obtained your PIN; he or she just needs to purloin the card.

2

They didn't create value, they figured out a way to purloin value out of the casinos. Every dollar they gained was a casino's loss.

3

Useful, I may purloin that. I don't object at all to regular reboots for security updates, but I do object to forced reboots.

4

When you submit a link to a PDF you implicitly submit it to scribd who then purloin the content and make it available through their interface. They claim to honor take-down requests, but I've been caught out by this.

5

We usually go out to brunch on Sundays and I'll frequently purloin someone's child, stuff them with ice cream, and play a game of this, or some rounds of Tic-Tac-Toe, or hangman. It is one of the perks of living in a very rural area.

6

Let's see, Google purloins content, putatively in exchange for information provided to you at no cost as search results. But that doesn't account for where they get that information to populate their search returns in the first place.

7

I think it's iniquitous that people here on HN, in all good faith, provide links to PDFs, and then scribd purloins the content. The original authors may never know that another site is providing their content without their permission.

8

Id=1921576: I think it's iniquitous that people here on HN, in all good faith, provide links to PDFs, and then scribd purloins the content. The original authors may never know that another site is providing their content without their permission.

9

If getting "200 OK" means you were authorized and can't be convicted of unauthorized access to a computer, but you proceed to purloin credit card numbers and make fraudulent charges to them, you're still going to jail for credit card fraud. The real issue is that "unauthorized access" is hopelessly ambiguous if you don't use the likes of protocol status codes, and totally redundant if you do.

10

That is the narrative we have been fed, but when a company purposefully purloins the highest volume, highest profit market and force all phones sold there to provide your company significant royalties, its unsurprising said company can afford many more of the brightest minds to push the bleeding edge of technology. In spite of this, Samsung has persisted in pushing forward their own LTE chipset, despite the significantly hobbled ROI caused by Qualcomm's actions on such a chipset.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use purloin in a sentence?

There is no need for the dark alley if someone has obtained your PIN; he or she just needs to purloin the card.

What does purloin mean?

make off with belongings of others

What part of speech is purloin?

purloin is commonly used as verb.