filches
Lifts without permission
Filches is the third-person singular of filch, meaning to steal something of small value or significance.
The word suggests petty theft done sneakily rather than boldly: She filches office supplies from work, He filches cookies from the jar when no one's looking.
Filch implies pilfering—taking little things, often habitually.
Takes without permission
- pinchesTiny measured quantities
- liftsRaises or carries upward
- snagsUnforeseen complications
- nabsSeizes or apprehends
snatches · purloin · pockets · takes · grabs · appropriates · makes off with · spirits away
Steals from stores
- pilferageMinor theft of goods
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- light-fingeredGiven to petty theft
- sticky fingersHabitual inclination to pilfer
five-finger discount · small-time · opportunistic · nibbles · skims
In a crafty manner
- furtivelyIn a secretive manner
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- covertlyDone without detection
- surreptitiouslyIn a hidden manner
craftily · cunningly · on the sly · under the table · behind someone's back · undetected · unnoticed · quietly
swipes
Takes without permission
nabs · snatches · purloin · pockets · takes · grabs · appropriates · makes off with · spirits away · abstracts
shoplifts
Steals from stores
- pilferageMinor theft of goods
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- light-fingeredGiven to petty theft
sticky fingers · five-finger discount · small-time · opportunistic · nibbles · skims
slyly
In a crafty manner
- furtivelyIn a secretive manner
- stealthilyIn a covert manner
- covertlyDone without detection
surreptitiously · craftily · cunningly · on the sly · under the table · behind someone's back · undetected · unnoticed · quietly · discreetly