| 单词 | filch |
| 释义 | filch (once / 5749 pages) v You can filch money, time, and stuff, but I wouldn't recommend it. Filching is stealing, as in "You filched my cookies!" Doesn't filch just sound kind of dirty? That could be because it's one letter away from filth, but it's also true that stealing is usually considered a dirty, lowdown deed. No one wants their things to be filched. Filching is similar to pilfering, swiping, lifting, and purloining — other words for taking what isn't yours. We've all probably filched at some point, but thieves make a profession out of filching. WORD FAMILYfilch: filched, filches, filching USAGE EXAMPLESIt came up with a ploy to “print” American dollars by filching them from accounts in Zimbabwean banks and replacing them with worthless IOUs. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) Another is that they managed to filch lots of customers’ passwords over a period of time and exploited them in one go. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) To steal a Series game in an opposing stadium evokes the warmth a pickpocket feels when he filches a wallet from a swell. New York Times(Oct 29, 2016) v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent |
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