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Filch

FILCH, v.t. [This word, like pilfer, is probably from the root of file, or peel, to strip or rub off. But I know not from what source we have received it.]
To steal something of little value; to pilfer; to steal; to pillage; to take wrongfully from another.
Fain would they filch that little food away.
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
filch appears in definitions for these words:
Filch Lurch Nim Pilfer Pilferingly Prig

 

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