filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
have filched
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present perfectof filch.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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They have filched trade secrets related to semiconductors and jet engines and aircraft carriers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 11, 2018
The story first seemed like a routine case of nepotism—Choi appears to have filched some seventy million dollars from Hyundai, Samsung, and other corporations through her connections with Park.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2016
Just as often, visiting teams and players have filched the attention and adoration.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2015
The fashion and beauty industries may have filched the term from charities that use celebrity “ambassadors.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 2011
"You have filched a couple of spoons, Moll?"
From A Set of Rogues by Frank Barrett
