filch
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
Origin of filch
1Other words for filch
Other words from filch
- filcher, noun
- filch·ing·ly, adverb
- un·filched, adjective
Words Nearby filch
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How to use filch in a sentence
DarkSide’s site on the dark web identified dozens of victims and described the confidential data it claimed to have filched from them.
The Colonial pipeline ransomware hackers had a secret weapon: self-promoting cybersecurity firms | Renee Dudley, Daniel Golden | May 24, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOne evening, while filching food from an art-gallery buffet table, he’s accosted by a frosty, willowy blond, her hair marshalled into aggressive mermaid waves.
In the Oscar-Nominated The Man Who Sold His Skin, a Refugee Stakes His Future on a Tattoo | Stephanie Zacharek | April 9, 2021 | TimeFor Nixon, it was the Watergate break-in, designed to filch political plans of his 1972 foes.
Come, filch, you shall go with me into my own Room, and tell me the whole Story.
The Beggar's Opera | John GayIs it reasonable to suppose that a girl who could slyly filch my property would put it where it could be found?
The Court Jester | Cornelia Baker
There are two great risks in reading sermon books—a tendency to imitate the style and a temptation to filch the jewels.
The Young Priest's Keepsake | Michael PhelanIn his eagerness and greed he suspected nothing, but that on some pretext or other they were trying to filch from him his dues.
In Kings' Byways | Stanley J. WeymanAnd she is to be allowed to filch it, as other widows filch china cups, and a silver teaspoon or two!
The Eustace Diamonds | Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for filch
/ (fɪltʃ) /
(tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer
Origin of filch
1Derived forms of filch
- filcher, noun
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