filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
filches
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present tense formof filch (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In his ruling, he quoted “Othello”: “He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which not enriches him and makes me poor indeed.”
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 4, 2016
I sidle over to spoon my husband’s cream of Jerusalem artichoke soup with lemon verbena and shellfish; he filches confit.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 12, 2015
Gunn not only filches from the trove, he graciously acknowledges the theft.
From Time ● Aug. 1, 2014
By contrast, Fairey simply filches artworks and hopes that no one notices — the joke is on you.
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2012
Neoptolemus, at the instance of Ulysses, filches from Philoctetes the bow and arrows, but being overcome by his nobler nature restores them.
From Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles by Goldwin Smith
