filch

Example Sentences

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He would filch it if I wasn’t around.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020

The 14-count indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges Xiaoqing Zheng of Niskayuna, N.Y., and Zhaoxi Zhang of China’s Liaoning province teamed up to filch millions of dollars’ worth of General Electric’s aviation trade secrets.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2019

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

‘I hadn’t thought to filch it! Not bad idea. Guess I’ll... guess I’ll...’

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes