| 词汇 | filching |
| 释义 | filching present participle offilch filch verb[ T ] informaluk /fɪltʃ/ us /fɪltʃ/ to steal something of little value: 偷（不值钱的东西） Who's filched my pencils?谁偷了我的铅笔？ Synonyms lift(STEAL)informal nick(STEAL)UKinformal pilfer pinch(STEAL)informal purloinformal or humorous snarfinformal swipe(STEAL)informal Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job kleptomania piratically plunder poach poaching porch piracy rustle rustling snaffle Examples of filchingfilching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. You are filching the powers of local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with a lot that has been said about filching the powers of local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have witnessed during those ten years the filching of more and more of our home markets from us by the foreigners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody at that period ever contemplated filching away so much as a yard of the six counties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that was a shocking statement—that when a man is found filching money he hopes that it will not be held against him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What more attractive way can they have than filching a living somehow out of gaming—even if only living on the backs of honest gamblers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When will she stop filching from the pensioners in this way? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This talk of filching or stealing money surreptitiously from the aid programme is completely wrong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That, in my view, is really filching extra taxes from one particular unfortunate class of taxpayers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would spend years filching and fighting to haul the levers of power away from the functional departments and into its own territory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, you are filching from them that privilege which they have asserted and enjoyed for a century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That, in itself, is a serious matter, but this filching of agricultural land has now greatly increased. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a danger in dealing with matters like this ad hoc and filching from an authority a power without considering the general question of local government responsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the surplus you are filching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is theft, filching and tea-leafing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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