filching

Meanings

• Verb

  Stealing or making off with something, especially secretly or by stealth.

  - "He was caught filching stationery from the office."
  - "The children were filching sweets from their parents' cupboards."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with filching
pinching , wincing , blinking

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Homophones

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1. Filching (en) : Stealing or making off with something
   

2. Filching (en) : A type of sail used on a square-rigged ship
   

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Variants

List of all variants of filching that leads to same result
filch , filched , filches , filching

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Forms

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filched, filching, filches

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to seize or catch' in Middle English, from filchen, from fille 'to seize, take' + -chen 'a diminutive suffix denoting action'.

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Trivia

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1. Filching is often used in the context of children stealing small items.

2. In some dialects, filching is also used to describe the act of taking a ride on a train without paying.

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Related Concepts

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1. Theft: Filching is a type of theft, which involves taking something without permission or payment.

2. Larceny: Filching is a form of larceny, which is the taking and carrying away of another person's property with the intent to permanently deprive them of it.

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Culture

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Filching has been used extensively in literature and art, often portraying the act as a mischievous or even endearing behavior. For example, in Mark Twain's 'Tom Sawyer', Tom and Huck are depicted filching candy from the Widow Douglas.

How to Memorize "filching"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine yourself sneaking around and taking something that isn't yours.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the act of stealing or taking something secretly.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the 'F' in filching stands for 'filch' or 'take'.

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