filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
filched
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past participleof filch.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof filch.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
filchverb (used with object)to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
Example Sentences
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To permit the filched territory and motor to keep continuous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2021
But there was no evidence that the fragment with writings from Mark had been filched.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Lisa Graves, the former Leahy counsel who’d written the filched strategy memo, watched the hearing from her home in Wisconsin.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
To balance the state’s budget, the Legislature has filched all it can from cities and towns over the years.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
She produces evidence: a sanitary pad, filched from Perdie’s wastebasket.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
