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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.
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Filch

Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filched (f[i^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Filching.] [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden.

But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : filch
Spanish: hurtar, robar,
German: mitgehen lassen,
Japanese: くすねる
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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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