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filch(dictionary)

filch (iou)



filch verb & noun. ME.
[Origin unkn.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Steal, pilfer, snatch, (esp. things of small value); carry off furtively. (Foll. by away, off.) ME.
Henry Miller If Curley didn't have the money he would filch it from his mother's purse.
verb intrans. Engage in stealing or pilfering. M16.
George Eliot If I don't lie and filch somebody else will.
verb trans. Rob (of something). rare. M16.
b. noun.
A staff with a hook at one end, used to steal articles from hedges, open windows, etc. E17-E18.
A thing which has been filched. Now rare. E17.
filcher noun L16.
filching noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) = FILCH noun 2: M16.