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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Philharmonic to cellist Peter Stumpf after it had been filched from the front porch of his Los Feliz home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2020
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
When not kitted out in her Captain Marvel suit—much less revealing than Gadot’s Wonder Woman getup—she spends much of the film in a baggy Nine Inch Nails T-shirt filched from a store mannequin.
From Slate ● Mar. 5, 2019
During Judge Kavanaugh’s time there — 15 or so years after women arrived — some fraternity brothers paraded around campus displaying women’s underwear they had filched, drawing criticism.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2018
Like a human woman, Rachael had every class of object conceivable filched and hidden away in her purse; he found himself rooting interminably.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
