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filch
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- pronunciation:
- fIlch
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
filches, filching, filched |
| definition: |
to steal (usu. something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer.
Somebody's been filching my pens again. |
| related words: |
borrow, embezzle, lift, pick, rob, sneak, steal, swindle |
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| derivation: |
filcher (n.) |
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