- filch
- v1. steal, thieve, rob, pilfer, purloin, finger, pick, Inf. snitch, cabbage, abstract, Chiefly Brit. prig, Brit. Sl. snaffle, Euph. borrow, Archaic. nim; peculate, embezzle, Law. defalcate, misappropriate, convert; shoplift, palm, Sl. boost, walk off or away with, Euph. remove; All Sl. heist, pinch, hook, swipe, hustle, rip off, frisk, crook, cop, lift..2. appropriate, expropriate, arrogate, usurp; pirate, plagiarize, copy, Inf. lift, Inf. crib, forge, counterfeit.3. swindle, defraud, mulct, shark, cheat, fleece, Inf. flimflam, rook, bilk, Inf. welsh, Inf. do [s.o.] out of, Inf. gyp, Sl. pluck, Sl. chisel, Sl. clip.4. mooch, scrounge, scavenge, freeload, sponge, Sl. bum.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.