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filch
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filch

transitive verb \ˈfilch\

Definition of FILCH

: to appropriate furtively or casually <filch a cookie>

Examples of FILCH

  1. He filched a pack of gum when no one was looking.
  2. <too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking>

Origin of FILCH

Middle English
First Known Use: 1561

Related to FILCH

Synonyms
appropriate, boost [slang], steal, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
See Synonym Discussion at steal

Rhymes with FILCH

milch, zilch

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