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July 30, 2023

Word of the Day: Filch

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Word of the Day
: July 30, 2023

\FILCH\ verb

What It Means

To filch something is to secretly or casually steal it. The word filch also usually, though not always, implies that what has been stolen is small or of little monetary value.

// I couldn’t help but chuckle when I woke up to find my four-year-old daughter filching a cookie from the plate on the kitchen counter.

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