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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purloining

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English

Syllables
pur-loin-ing
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of purloin

noun

theft

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

purloinings (plural)

Questions

What does purloining mean?
present participle and gerund of purloin

How to pronounce purloining

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