filch

filch

F0117400 (fĭlch)tr.v. filched, filch·ing, filch·es To take (something, especially something of little value) in a furtive manner; snitch. See Synonyms at steal.

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[Middle English filchen.]

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filch′er n.

filch

(fɪltʃ) vb (tr) to steal or take surreptitiously in small amounts; pilfer[C16 filchen to steal, attack, perhaps from Old English gefylce band of men] ˈfilcher n

filch

(fɪltʃ)

v.t. to steal (esp. something of small value); pilfer; swipe. [1250–1300; Middle English]

filch

Past participle: filched
Gerund: filching

Imperative
filch
filch

Present
I filch
you filch
he/she/it filches
we filch
you filch
they filch

Preterite
I filched
you filched
he/she/it filched
we filched
you filched
they filched

Present Continuous
I am filching
you are filching
he/she/it is filching
we are filching
you are filching
they are filching

Present Perfect
I have filched
you have filched
he/she/it has filched
we have filched
you have filched
they have filched

Past Continuous
I was filching
you were filching
he/she/it was filching
we were filching
you were filching
they were filching

Past Perfect
I had filched
you had filched
he/she/it had filched
we had filched
you had filched
they had filched

Future
I will filch
you will filch
he/she/it will filch
we will filch
you will filch
they will filch

Future Perfect
I will have filched
you will have filched
he/she/it will have filched
we will have filched
you will have filched
they will have filched

Future Continuous
I will be filching
you will be filching
he/she/it will be filching
we will be filching
you will be filching
they will be filching

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been filching
you have been filching
he/she/it has been filching
we have been filching
you have been filching
they have been filching

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been filching
you will have been filching
he/she/it will have been filching
we will have been filching
you will have been filching
they will have been filching

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been filching
you had been filching
he/she/it had been filching
we had been filching
you had been filching
they had been filching

Conditional
I would filch
you would filch
he/she/it would filch
we would filch
you would filch
they would filch

Past Conditional
I would have filched
you would have filched
he/she/it would have filched
we would have filched
you would have filched
they would have filched

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

filch - make off with belongings of others cabbage, pilfer, purloin, snarf, abstract, nobble, swipe, sneak, pinch, hook, liftsteal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

filch

verb steal, take, thieve, pinch (informal), lift (informal), nick (slang, chiefly Brit.), trouser (slang), abstract, rip off (slang), cabbage (Brit. slang), swipe (slang), knock off (slang), crib (informal), half-inch (old-fashioned slang), embezzle, pilfer, walk off with, misappropriate, purloin, snaffle (Brit. informal) I filched some notes from his wallet.

filch

verbTo take (another's property) without permission:pilfer, purloin, snatch, steal, thieve.Informal: lift, swipe.Slang: cop, heist, hook, nip, pinch, rip off, snitch.Idiom: make off with.

Translations

偷窃

filch

(filtʃ) verb to steal something, especially of little value. Who has filched my pen? 偷竊 偷窃