Pilfer vs Filch - What's the difference?
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As verbs the difference between pilfer and filch is that pilfer is to steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft while filch is to steal, to illegally take possession of.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
pilfer English
Verb
( en verb)
To steal in small quantities, or articles of small value; to practise petty theft.
Derived terms
* pilferage
* pilferer
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filch English
Verb
( es)
To steal, to illegally take possession of.
- Hey! Someone filched my noggin.
Synonyms
* lift, nick, pinch, pocket, rob, thieve, flog, (Cockney rhyming slang) half-inch, (slang) knock off, (slang) jack
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