purloin a pen 偷支笔
purloin a book 偷一本书
purloin money 偷钱
secretly purloin 秘密窃取
purloin from 从...偷走
1. The employee was caught having purloined office supplies.
那名员工因偷窃办公用品被抓获。
2. She had purloined a chocolate from the jar on the desk.
她从桌上的罐子里偷了一块巧克力。
3. It is wrong to purloin items that do not belong to you.
偷拿不属于自己的东西是错误的。
A: Did you take the stapler from the shared drawer?
A：你从共享抽屉里拿走了订书机吗？
B: No, I didn't. But I saw Tom purloin it yesterday.
B：没有，我没拿。但我昨天看到汤姆偷偷拿走了它。
1) 偷偷拿走；窃取（通常指小物件）
2) 暗中挪用
3) 秘密拿走（带有隐蔽性暗示）
1. 偷窃；窃取（尤指秘密地拿走小件物品）
e.g.
The cat had purloined a sausage from the kitchen.
那只猫从厨房里偷了一根香肠。
verb
1. to steal or take something secretly, especially something small or of little value
Synonym: steal, swipe, pinch