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filching

/filch/US // fɪltʃ //UK // (fɪltʃ) //

锉刀,偷窃,锉削,秽物

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to steal; pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Could being accused of filching a fragile old lady out of her pennies spell the end for Nicolas Sarkozy?

  • Filching all their time, yet granting generous donations for rest and sleep?

  • I shall teach him a lesson for filching hens or cocks!Doctor Rat.

  • From the stock-jobbing owners down to the nickel-filching conductors they steal—steal—steal!

  • The piratical old plagiarist of a vehicle was about to begin filching from another source.

  • For example, the fox is full of wit, and withall given wholly to filching for his prey.