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Webster 1913 Edition
Filch
Filch
(fĭlch)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Filched
(fĭlcht)
; 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
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
filches
from me my good name,Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Filch
FILCH
,Verb.
T.
To steal something of little value; to pilfer; to steal; to pillage; to take wrongfully from another.
Fain would they filch that little food away.
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
Definition 2024
filch
filch
English
Verb
filch (third-person singular simple present filches, present participle filching, simple past and past participle filched)
- (transitive) To steal, to illegally take possession of.
- Hey! Someone filched my noggin.
Synonyms
- lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, (Australia, slang): flog, (Cockney rhyming slang): half-inch, (slang): knock off, (slang): jack
- See also Wikisaurus:steal