Word of the Day – Filch

Filch (verb)

fil-tch

Pilfer or steal (something, especially an item of small value) in a casual way.

Middle English filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, Old English fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, derivative of gefylce band of men; akin to folk.

Example sentences

“He could have gotten away with things worse than helping me filch a sweet from his aunt, or a bit of harmless mischief.”

“Both major candidates are filching each others’ rhetoric and pandering.”