filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
had filched
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past perfectof filch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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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
It was also true that another nearby resident discovered that someone had filched the canoe he had stored in his backyard.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2011
At one flower-viewing he nabbed a thief who had filched a pair of ladies' bloomers, and hauled the miscreant off to headquarters.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger, 4, found his overcoat pocket crammed with keys he had filched from White House doors.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since somebody had filched the school map, we’d hoped to be free of that subject.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
