filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
have been filching
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present perfect progressiveof filch.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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In a century when fiction and journalism have been filching each other's virtues -- the authenticity of truth, the order and purposefulness of storytelling -- Smith has found a technique that does not diminish either.
From Time Magazine Archive
