Filch

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To take (something, especially something of little value) in a furtive manner; snitch. See Synonyms at steal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To steal, to illegally take possession of.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To steal, especially in a small, sly way; pilfer; take from another on a petty scale, as for the supply of a present need, or in an underhand way, as by violation of trust or good faith.
  • n. A stick with a hook at the end, used in filching articles from windows, clothes-lines, etc.
  • n. An act of theft; also, the thing stolen.
  • n. One who filches or is given to filching; a filcher.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make off with belongings of others
  • Verb Form
    filched    filches    filching   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    steal   
    Form
    filched    filching   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pilfer    steamy    Cockney    steal    jack    slang    half-inch    flog    rhyming    sense   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    milch    pilch    zilch   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts