filched

past tense of filch

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of filched Many people are too embarrassed to report they’ve been filched. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filched
Verb
  • Thieves stole six bronze sculptures by Peter Gehring valued at over €100,000 ($114,000) from the garden of a museum near Munich.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In late August, a 24-year-old man allegedly stole a Cessna 172 from an airport in Hungary while intoxicated and flew toward the area of the country’s only nuclear power plant.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • State investigators say thieves have been using sophisticated skimming devices all across Philadelphia to steal EBT card information once it's been swiped.
    — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Some ads featured photos of real kids, including a press photo of a young member of a European royal family and images swiped from a popular Instagram profile of a preteen girl deemed an influencer.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026

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“Filched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filched. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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