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41GRIMALDI, JOSEPH — a famous English clown, son of an Italian dancing master, born in London; was bred to the stage from his infancy, appearing on the boards when not yet two years old; his Memoirs were edited by Dickens, who describes him as the genuine droll,… …
42light-fingered — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. thievish, stealthy, pilfering, filching, stealing, dishonest …
43filch — steal, 1560s, slang, perhaps from c.1300 filchen to snatch, take as booty, of unknown origin. Liberman says filch is probably from Ger. filzen comb through. Related: Filched; filching …
44filch — [[t]fɪ̱ltʃ[/t]] filches, filching, filched VERB If you say that someone filches something, you mean they steal it, especially when you do not consider this to be a very serious crime. [INFORMAL] [V n] I filched some notes from his wallet. Syn:… …
45thievery — n. 1. Theft, larceny, stealing, thieving, pilfering, filching, petty robbery, petty larceny. 2. Peculation, embezzlement, theft, fraud, swindling. 3. Plagiarism …
46filch — verb (T) informal to steal something, especially something small or not very expensive: He was sacked for filching food from the kitchen …
47larceny — noun his police record included two counts of larceny Syn: theft, stealing, robbery, pilfering, thieving; burglary, housebreaking, breaking and entering; informal filching, swiping, pinching; formal peculation …
48light-fingered — adj 1. pilfering, filching, thievish, thieving, stealing; slick, foxy, cunning, wily, crafty, sly, shifty, furtive, underhanded, dishonest, Inf. crooked. 2. dexterous, nimble, agile, deft, adroit, facile, neat, Brit. Dial. feat; prestidigitatory …
49pilfering — n 1. petty thievery, theft, filching, pilferage, Sl. swiping, St. hustling, Sl. copping, Psychol. kleptomania; peculation, embezzlement, Law. defalcation, misappropriation; shoplifting, palming, Sl. boosting; smuggling, bootlegging; purse… …
50stealing — n 1. robbery, theft, thievery, pilferage, pilfering, filching, Sl. swiping, Sl. hustling, Sl. copping; peculation, embezzlement, Law. defalcation, misappropriation; shoplifting, palming, Sl. boosting; Psychol. kleptomania; smuggling, bootlegging; …
