pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift
(verb) make off with belongings of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
filch (third-person singular simple present filches, present participle filching, simple past and past participle filched)
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
• flog (Australia, slang)
• half-inch (Cockney rhyming slang)
• jack (slang)
• knock off (slang)
• lift
• nick
• pilfer
• pinch
• rob
• steal
• thieve
• See also steal
filch (plural filches)
Something which has been filched or stolen.
An act of filching; larceny, theft.
(obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
(obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.
• (act of filching): larceny, theft
• (person who filches): filcher, pilferer, thief
Source: Wiktionary
Filch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filched; p. pr. & vb. n. Filching.] Etym: [Cf. AS. feol to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.]
Definition: To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer. Fain would they filch that little food away. Dryden. But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
