as in pilfering
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as in stealing
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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Verb
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Early childhood advocates were delighted when he was sworn into office seven years ago, his arms around his scene-stealing 2-year-old son.—
CalMatters,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026 -
According to preliminary reports, the suspects threatened them with a firearm and held them for several minutes while stealing valuables.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Stores increasingly use it to track customers suspected of shoplifting, entertainment venues deploy it during big events, and many cellphones give users the option to unlock their devices with an instantaneous face scan.—
Matt Lavietes,
NBC news,
6 Feb. 2026
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But Newsom was also an enthusiastic backer of Proposition 47, passed in 2014, which reclassified shoplifting offenses under $950 from felonies to misdemeanors, and also reduced charges for lower-level drug possession.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Filching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filching. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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