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filch verb [ fɪltʃ ]

• pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.
• "they filched milk off morning doorsteps"
Similar: pilfer, steal, thieve, rob, take, purloin, snatch, abstract, misappropriate, embezzle, shoplift, swipe, nab, whip, rip off, lift, liberate, walk off/away with, run off/away with, snaffle, snitch, pinch, nick, knock off, nobble, blag, half-inch, glom, heist, snavel, clifty, tief, peculate, crib, hook,
Origin: Middle English: of unknown origin.


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