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filch

  [filch]
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–verb (used with object)
to steal (esp. something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, OE fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, deriv. of gefylce band of men; akin to folk

Related forms:
filcher, noun
filch⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
purloin, take, swipe, lift, snaffle, pinch.
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filch   (fĭlch)   
tr.v.   filched, filch·ing, filch·es
To take (something, especially something of little value) in a furtive manner; snitch. See Synonyms at steal.

[Middle English filchen.]
filch'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
filch (sth) (from (so/sth))

  1. tv.
    to grab or steal something from someone. : Who filched my wallet from me?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

filch 
"steal," 1561, slang, perhaps from c.1300 filchen "to snatch, take as booty," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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