filch
Plural: filches
Verb
Verb Forms: filched, filching, filches
- To steal something, especially in a sneaky or petty manner.
- make off with belongings of others
- To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
Noun
- Something which has been filched or stolen.
- An act of filching; larceny, theft.
- A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
- A hooked stick used to filch objects.
Examples
- He tried to filch a high-scoring tile, but his opponent was watching.
- Hey, someone filched my wallet!
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
abstract, cabbage, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe, abduct, appropriate, bag, bandit, bash and grab, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, commandeer, confiscate, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, filcher, fleece, flog, gaffle, gilravage, half-inch, heave, heist, jack, kidnap, kipe, knock off, kyper, larceny, liberate, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, mooch, moonlight requisition, nick, nip, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilferer, pillage, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, raid, ransack, rape, reave, relieve, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, sniggle, snitch, steal, swindle, theft, thief, thieve, walk off with
Scrabble Score: 13
filch: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfilch: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
filch: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary