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filchverb to take (something) without right and with an intent to keeptoo hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking appropriate, boost(slang), heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick(British slang), nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, steal, swipe, thieve burglarize, knock over, robloot, pillage, plunder, sackcarjack, hijack(also highjack)pick, riflepoach, rustle, shopliftcollar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, takemooch, spongeabduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit make away with, make off with, run off with, walk off with buy, purchasebestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present steal, pilfer, filch, purloin mean to take from another without right or without detection.steal may apply to any surreptitious taking of something and differs from the other terms by commonly applying to intangibles as well as material things.steal jewels stole a look at the gifts pilfer implies stealing repeatedly in small amounts.pilfered from his employer filch adds a suggestion of snatching quickly and surreptitiously.filched an apple from the tray purloin stresses removing or carrying off for one's own use or purposes.printed a purloined document in 1561 |