Definition of Filch

1. Verb. Make off with belongings of others. "They filch the money "

Exact synonyms: Abstract, Cabbage, Hook, Lift, Nobble, Pilfer, Pinch, Purloin, Snarf, Sneak, Swipe
Generic synonyms: Steal
Derivative terms: Cabbage, Lifter, Pilferage, Pilferer

Definition of Filch

1. v. t. To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

Definition of Filch

1. Verb. (transitive) To steal, to illegally take possession of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Filch

1. to steal [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: steal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Filch

filariids
filarioidea
filatories
filatory
filatovite
filature
filatures
filazer
filazers
filberd
filberds
filbert
filberts
filch (current term)
filched
filcher
filchers
filches
filching
filchingly
filchings
file
file-card
file-drawer problem
file-drawer problems
file allocation table
file allocation tables
file away

Literary usage of Filch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Master Will of Stratford: A Midwinter Night's Dream in Three Acts, with a by Mrs Louise Ayres Garnett (1916)
"filch "Pis top-full sorry business. filch would ever do a good turn an he could. ... filch thou art and filch thou'lt be, Too much filch by hah" for me. ..."

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