how to pronounce purloin

/pəˈlɔɪn/

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purloin is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of purloin

verb:

To commit theft; to thieve.
To take the property of another, often in breach of trust; to appropriate wrongfully; to steal.

purloin frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word purloin occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics purloin can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that purloin can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;