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Meanings of filch from in English

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Usage of filch from in English
1
I hate usury, nor care I to earn money for others to filch from me.
The Sign of the Red Cross: A Tale of Old London
2
It would be to filch from the city of St.-Rémi and of Clovis, of Urban II.
France and the Republic / A Record of Things Seen and Learned in...
3
Those vile wretches who filch from the pockets of Israel to pay for the pageantry of Rome?
The Coming of the King
4
Who does not know that the gods say such words as their thievish priests filch from them.
The Lion's Brood
5
We will not filch from posterity the treasure placed in our hands to be transmitted to other generations.
The American Union Speaker
6
For him there were no longer golden hours which it were a sin for others to filch from him.
The Mayor of Warwick
7
The two are working together on a movie pitch starring an actor they hope to filch from a rival studio.
Reuters
8
They have dared to filch from you the great ring that has been handed down from king to king for three hundred years.
The Mad King
9
The guerdon was mine, and I was determined this time that no traitor or ingrate should filch from me the reward of my labours.
Castles in the Air
10
In his eagerness and greed he suspected nothing, but that on some pretext or other they were trying to filch from him his dues.
In Kings' Byways
11
I was filled with rage against the wretch who had robbed me of a decent meal, and would now filch from me a night's rest.
The Princess Passes
12
She is living behind a dingy little shop with her husband, and his horrible old father, who drinks whatever he can filch from the till.
Hetty Wesley
13
This was a treasure filched from the garden of the Dalai Lama.
Halil the Pedlar: A Tale of Old Stambul
14
His notes for it comprised all that he had filched from life.
The Window-Gazer
15
Then we pack up the stuff she filched from the Hartsfield house.
Mr. Mercedes
16
Tonight the meal was simply stale bacon, filched from the kitchens.
Complete Books of Blood
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