filched

past tense of filch

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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
  • The victim said the assailant then struck his companion in the forehead with the pistol, stole his wallet and ran.
    Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The Retrievals follows an unlikely community of IVF patients who come together to crusade against Yale University after they are operated on without anesthesia — because a nurse (Ryan) stole their fentanyl.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 17 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 22 Sep. 2026.

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