Synonyms of filches

filches

verb

present tense third-person singular of filch

as in steals

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steals
• swipes
• pilfers
• thieves
• purloins
• grabs
• lifts
• snatches
• robs
• appropriates
• misappropriates
• pockets
• pinches
• rips off
• hooks
• runs off with
• snitches
• walks off with
• nips
• nicks
• makes off with
• hijacks
• makes away with
• boosts
• plunders
• takes
• picks
• seizes
• heists
• loots
• burglarizes
• pillages
• sacks
• knocks over
• shoplifts
• poaches
• rifles
• grasps
• rustles
• kidnaps
• abducts
• nails
• collars
• spirits
• sponges
• carjacks
• mooches
• shanghais

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buys
• purchases
• gives
• presents
• contributes
• bestows
• donates
• hands over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of filches

Nicky and Morgan get accidentally sucked into the vortex of a nasty crime syndicate after Morgan squabbles with a clerk (Boran Kuzum) about jewelry at a store and then filches it. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026