English Dictionary
Definition of “filch”
filch (fɪltʃ
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer
Alternative Forms
ˈfilcher noun Word Origin
C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men
Synonyms
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steal,
take,
thieve,
pinch,
lift,
nick,
trouser,
abstract,
rip off,
cabbage,
swipe,
knock off,
crib,
half-inch,
embezzle,
pilfer,
walk off with,
misappropriate,
purloin,
snaffle,
Usage examples
COME off it - a thief breaking INTO Noranside nick in Forfar to filch Pounds 5,000 worth of snout?
Sun, News of the World (2004)There was an early attempt, two hundred years before Pierre Poivre, to filch the clove.
Jack Turner, SPICE: The History of a Temptation (2004)
