filch

Example Sentences

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The web of their lives “is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together,” to filch from Shakespeare, and Venable combines virtues and vices in unexpected patterns.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

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

He’d head up to Connecticut and filch Fred in the middle of the night.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein