Christopher Robin Milne

In pessimistic moments, when I was trudging London in search of an employer wanting to make use of such talents as I could offer, it seemed to me, almost, that my father had got to where he was by climbing upon my infant shoulders, that he had filched from me my good name and had left me with nothing but the empty fame of being his son.

English Businessman

Rachel Simmons

What teens share online is dwarfed by what they consume. Pre-Internet, you had to hoof it to the grocery store to find a magazine with celebrity bodies - or at least filch your mother's copy from the bathroom. Now the pictures are as endless as they are available.

American Author

Virginia Woolf

Let a man get up and say, Behold, this is the truth, and instantly I perceive a sandy cat filching a piece of fish in the background. Look, you have forgotten the cat, I say.

British Author

Filch is usually used in casual or informal speech rather than in formal writing.

Colloquial Usage

Use 'filch' for small, often insignificant acts of theft, not for grand or serious thefts.

Petty Theft

While 'filch' implies wrongdoing, it's often perceived as less serious or malicious than stronger theft terms.

Filch

To steal something, especially something small or not very valuable.

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Petty Theft

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