filch

Speech parts

1. filch - Noun

2. filch - Verb

Meaning

To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abstract lift hook cabbage pinch sneak swipe pilfer purloin nobble snarf rob nick nim palm

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Antonyms

provide return give income display obtain

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Hypernyms

steal rip rip off

Phrases with the word

to filch

Derivatives

filched filching

Examples

Filch was said to find cleaning supplies here when he had run out; when Fred and George Weasley needed a place to hide, it would appear as a broom cupboard. Source: Internet

Filch knows of just four of these while the Marauders (Remus Lupin, Peter Pettrigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter) and the Weasley twins know of all seven, though where some lead is unknown. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

filbert filbert gall Filbin filcher filchery filching