filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
has filched
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present perfectof filch (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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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
Sasha, the young woman with whom “A Visit From the Goon Squad” begins, has a compulsion to steal, and the array of objects she has filched looks “like the work of a miniaturist beaver.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 21, 2010
He leads the team with a .323 batting average, and has filched more than 60 bases to boot.
From Time Magazine Archive
My double treasure Death has filched from me, Which made me proud and happy midst my kind.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Emma Lazarus
"No," says Jack, savagely, "and our money is not all that we have lost, for some villain has filched our nag's harness, and I warrant you know who he is."
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
