filch

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.

   Hey, someone filched my wallet!

2. noun Something which has been filched or stolen.
3. noun An act of filching; larceny, theft.
4. noun A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
5. noun A hooked stick used to filch objects.

Similar words

pilfer purloin nobble sneak swipe lift pinch abstract snarf hook

Often followed by

from the a it away some their his and

Word family

filched filches filching