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filch

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5 lettersPronunciation /fɪlt͡ʃ/Part of speech verbSorted cfhilStarts with FEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. make off with belongings of others

Word origin

From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is likely from or related to Old English fylċian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ġefylċe (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it also related to folk.

Used in a sentence

  • Hey, someone filched my wallet!
  • But he that filches from me my good name, / Robs me of that, vvhich not inriches him, / And makes me poore indeed.
  • You think he could barter and cheat / As vulgar diplomates use, / With the people’s heart in his breast? / […] / And filch the dogman's meat / To feed the offspring of God?

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