FILCHED Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

filched

verb

past tense of filch

as in stole

to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking

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Recent Examples of filched Many people are too embarrassed to report they’ve been filched. — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026

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Deputies said that the men stole roughly $3,330 worth of diesel as fuel prices reached all-time highs.

— Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Her boyfriend Tom Arnold becomes a writer/producer and complains that someone there stole his love letters and sold out his steamy relationship with Roseanne to the National Enquirer.

— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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The thefts attracted attention in September partly because of how easily the artworks appeared to have been swiped.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Just moments prior, Link had swiped some of Jo’s old pain meds as his addiction issues seem to only be getting bigger.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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