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

Forays like these increasingly vex trade hawks in America, who fear that China will filch its cutting-edge technology.

From Economist • Jul. 5, 2018

The cause of the new public relations crisis is the disclosure last week of two new ways to filch data from the microprocessors inside nearly all of the world’s computers.

From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2018

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