filch

Example Sentences

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He would filch it if I wasn’t around.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020

Though China has often used computer hacking to filch secrets, this case relied on traditional espionage techniques, including the attempted recruitment of corporate insiders.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2018

Senior advisers filch documents from his desk to prevent him from issuing rash orders and try to ignore or at least slow-walk those that are issued.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018

The window of opportunity is rapidly closing on them: Every new story idea the duo comes up with is already claimed by Shakespeare, a shameless plagiarist always eager to filch an idea from Nigel's notebook.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2017

It might seem like a shelter from the storm, but it really was another asylum packed with a bunch of mangy orphans ready to filch my last possessions while I slept.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan