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Filch

Filch Meaning & Definition
Filch Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filch?

[v] make off with belongings of others

Synonyms | Synonyms for Filch: abstract | cabbage | hook | lift | nobble | pilfer | pinch | purloin | snarf | sneak | swipe

Related Terms | Find terms related to Filch: abstract | and | annex | appropriate | bag | boost | borrow | cop | crib | defraud | embezzle | extort | hook | lift | make off with | nip | palm | pilfer | pinch | poach | purloin | run away with | rustle | scrounge | shoplift | snare | snatch | snitch | steal | swindle | swipe | take | thieve | walk off with

See Also | steal

Filch In Webster's Dictionary

\Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched} (f[i^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Filching}.] [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer. Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. --Shak.

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