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• Filch

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• Filcher

  [filch] /fɪltʃ/ verb (used with object) 1. to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants. /fɪltʃ/ verb 1. (transitive) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer n. 1570s, agent noun from filch. v. “steal,” 1560s, slang, perhaps from c.1300 filchen “to snatch, take as booty,” of unknown […]

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