Hypertext Webster Gateway: "filch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Filch \Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched}
(f[i^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Filching}.] [Cf. AS. feolan to
stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth.
filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE.
felen.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
filch
v : make off with belongings of others [syn: {pilfer}, {cabbage},
{purloin}, {pinch}, {abstract}, {snarf}, {swipe}, {hook},
{sneak}, {nobble}, {lift}]
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