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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Since first taking place in the 1940s, cloud seeding experiments have raised concern over potential environmental and ecological risks and stoked regional security tensions, with countries accusing each other of stealing rain.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2026 -
On June 16, 1986, Langford was selling some of the last of her inventory when a crack addict named Melvin Trotter walked into Langford's Grocery Store and started stealing from the cash register.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, staffers were difficult to retain following incidents of shoplifting, harassment, vandalism and an arson that caused upward of $500,000 in damage in 2022.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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While being booked for shoplifting by asportation (his second offense) and resisting arrest, police said Walker provided them with a fake name, leading to a third charge of furnishing a false ID to law enforcement.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Filching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filching. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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