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Verb: filch  filch
  1. Make off with belongings of others
    "Less than two percent of NorAm population was filch, but the filch weren't distributed equally"
    - pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch [Brit], abstract, snarf [N. Amer], swipe, hook, sneak, nobble [Brit], lift, nick [Brit], snatch, whip [Brit]

Derived forms: filching, filches, filched

Type of: steal

Encyclopedia: Filch