as in stole
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking
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Recent Examples of filched
Many people are too embarrassed to report they’ve been filched.
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Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
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Unidentified trespassers stole the control stick out of an R train while it was parked underground in southern Brooklyn back in December — along a stretch of storage track popular with joyriders and graffiti artists.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
14 May 2026
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Bregman singled and stole second, and Ian Happ challenged a full-count strike-3 call that was overturned to a walk.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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On the outside, Sky attempted a move off the ropes, but Asuka swiped her feet out from underneath her and slammed her face-first into the steel ring post.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
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The female bear swiped at the woman, and injured her arm and shoulder.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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“Filched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filched. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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