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filch

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Verb

  1. To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.

Noun

  1. Something which has been filched or stolen.
  2. An act of filching; larceny, theft.
  3. A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
  4. A hooked stick used to filch objects.

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