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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Filch \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
filch
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
{purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook},
{sneak}, {nobble}, {lift}]
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