Synonyms of filch
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Another word for filch is theft. Other synonyms of filch are flog, half-inch, jack, knock off and lift.
Synonyms and similar words for filch
verbTo illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
- flog Australia, slangTo steal something.
- half-inch slangTo pinch, to steal.
- jack slang
- knock off slangTo rob.
- lift
- nick
- pilferTo steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
- pinchTo steal, usually something inconsequential.
- rob
- steal
- thieveTo commit theft.
- abduct
- abstract euphemisticTo steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
- appropriate
- bag
- banditTo rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- bash and grabTo perform such an act.
- bone
- boost
- burgle
- burglarizeTo commit burglary.
- borrow
- cheat
- chore
- commandeer
- confiscateTo use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
- convert
- cop
- cozen
- crib
- embezzleTo steal or misappropriate money that one has been trusted with, especially to steal money from the organisation for...
- fleece
- gaffle
- gilravage Scotland
- heaveTo rob; to steal from; to plunder.
- heistTo steal, rob, or hold up (something).
- kidnapTo seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom.
- kipeTo steal.
- kyper
- liberate
- loot
- make off with
- misappropriate
- moochTo steal or filch.
- moonlight requisitionTo steal or use materiel without authorization.
- nipTo steal; especially to cut a purse.
- own
- peculateTo embezzle.
- pickpocketTo pick pockets; to steal.
- pillageTo loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
- pirate
- plunder
- poach
- prigTo filch or steal.
- purloin
- raid
- ransack
- rapeTo seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.).
- relieve
- reave
- rip
- rip off
- run off with
- snag
- snatchTo steal.
- swindle
- swipeTo steal or snatch.
- walk off with
- mill obsolete
- sniggle obsoleteTo steal something of little value.
- snitch datedTo steal, quickly and quietly.
Meaning of filch
- verb To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
- noun Something which has been filched or stolen.
- noun An act of filching; larceny, theft.
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