filch

🇺🇸 /fɪltʃ/ 🇬🇧 /fɪltʃ/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags RARE
verb
R

to take something that belongs to someone else without permission, usually something small or not very valuable

The mischievous child was caught filching cookies from the jar.

translation

v. to take something that belongs to someone else without permission, usually something small or not very valuable

Word Forms

3rd Present filches
Past filched
Perfect filched
Progressive filching