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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

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

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

He knew a hundredfold of me compared to what I had filched from him.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee