filch

Meaning

Verb

To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.

Noun

1. Something which has been filched or stolen.
2. An act of filching; larceny, theft.
3. (obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
4. (obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.

Synonyms

pilfer

steal

pinch

purloin

swipe

thieve

rob

nick

file

lift

cabbage

abstract

nobble

snarf

hook

🪝

rasp

sneak

pilfering

plagiarize

plunder

range

rank

row

secretly

sequence

series

set

shoplift

snaffle

snitch

stealthily

string

🪢

succession

suit

take

take away

theft

train

🚋

turn

make off with

abduct

walk off with

burglar

carry off

cheat

embezzle

finger

flight

✈️

frisk

inning

Translations

hurtar

voler

robar

çalmak

birlar

aşırmak

furtar

piquer

klauen

gappen

rubare

roubar

ratear

dérober

dépouiller

Pronounced as (IPA)

/fɪlt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: filchen

Inherited from Old English: fylċian

In summary

From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is likely from or related to Old English fylċian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ġefylċe (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it also related to folk.