filch
[ filch ]
/ fɪltʃ /
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
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Origin of filch
1250–1300; Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk
OTHER WORDS FROM filch
filcher, nounfilch·ing·ly, adverbun·filched, adjectiveWords nearby filch
filasse, filate, Filatov flap, filature, filbert, filch, Filchner Ice Shelf, file, file band, file card, file clerk
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British Dictionary definitions for filch
filch
/ (fɪltʃ) /
verb
(tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer
Derived forms of filch
filcher, nounWord Origin for filch
C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men
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