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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Police announced his arrest earlier this week after two more women survived shootings in 2025, including one who fought back and police say swiped her attacker's cellphone.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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His son had swiped up on us, thanking us for supporting his dad.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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“Filched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filched. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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