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filch

[ filch ]
/ fɪltʃ /
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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, adjective
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Words related to filch

embezzle, pilfer, purloin, cop, crib, lift, misappropriate, pinch, rob, scrounge, sneak, snipe, snitch, swipe, take, thieve, hustle, rip off, walk off with

How to use filch in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for filch

filch
/ (fɪltʃ) /
verb
(tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer

Derived forms of filch

filcher, noun

Word Origin for filch

C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men
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