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Antonyms for filch

Grammar : Verb
Spell : filch
Phonetic Transcription : fɪltʃ

Definition of filch

Origin :
  • "steal," 1560s, slang, perhaps from c.1300 filchen "to snatch, take as booty," of unknown origin. Liberman says filch is probably from German filzen "comb through." Related: Filched; filching.
  • verb steal
Example sentences :
  • You are to receive the money, and share it with the scoundrel who intends to filch it from me.
  • Extract from : « Freaks of Fortune » by Oliver Optic
  • He was ashamed that he had permitted the years that had gone to filch so much from him.
  • Extract from : « A Handful of Stars » by Frank W. Boreham
  • The knave might filch his treasures; he was heedless of the knave.
  • Extract from : « Burlesques » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • So you filch sixpence out of my purse while I'm taking the clothes in.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • Come, Filch, you shall go with me into my own Room, and tell me the whole Story.
  • Extract from : « The Beggar's Opera » by John Gay
  • He has it hidden in some secret place, from which not even a Zamorian thief might filch it.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of the Dragon » by Robert E. Howard
  • The Canting Dictionary is nothing more than a filch from earlier books.
  • Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
  • Sounded like a chemical they might filch from the highschool laboratory.
  • Extract from : « Brown John's Body » by Winston Marks
  • Stealthily, as though we were trying to filch some victory, we crept forward.
  • Extract from : « My Attainment of the Pole » by Frederick A. Cook
  • You, who for the past half hour have tried to filch a secret from me bit by bit!
  • Extract from : « The Laughing Cavalier » by Baroness Orczy

Synonyms for filch

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