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
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’s a line that Mr. Malkovich might easily filch to excuse his participation in this execrable remarriage comedy, one that’s mystifyingly seeded with acting heavyweights.
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2017
The server who hadn’t acknowledged me had a round, shaved head and, like many food workers, had grown a bit pudgy from the practically unlimited opportunity he had to filch food.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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