Meaning of FILCH
| Pronunciation: | | filch
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| | Definition: | | [v] make off with belongings of others |
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| | Synonyms: | | abstract, cabbage, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
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| | See Also: | | steal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched}
(f[i^]lcht); 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 filches from me my good name, Robs me of
that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
--Shak.
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| | Related Terms: | | abstract, and, annex, appropriate, bag, boost, borrow, cop, crib, defraud, embezzle, extort, hook, lift, make off with, nip, palm, pilfer, pinch, poach, purloin, run away with, rustle, scrounge, shoplift, snare, snatch, snitch, steal, swindle, swipe, take, thieve, walk off with |
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