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filch

[ filch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer:

    to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



filch

/ ´Úɪ±ô³Ùʃ /

verb

  1. tr to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ´Ú¾±±ô³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú¾±±ô³¦³óİù noun
  • ´Ú¾±±ô³¦³ói²Ô²µÂ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·´Ú¾±±ô³¦³ó±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of filch1

1250–1300; Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of filch1

C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men
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But then Jack’s bass is filched from his apartment, and his charismatic junkie lead singer, the Banished Earl, vanishes along with it.

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Frankie showing off the old service revolver he’d traded a filched pocket watch for, practicing on milk bottles and tin cans.

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There, according to his autobiography, Sonny filched pretzels and hard-boiled eggs, and learned his first cuss words from an obscenity-squawking parrot.

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With “Avalon,†it’s as though Zink glanced at the mundane little formula that recurs throughout her press clippings and filched it for a plot.

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He filched a box of six rocket propelled grenades that he eventually gave to Ukrainian troops.

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