different between filch vs commandeer

English

Etymology

From Middle English filchen (“to pilfer, to steal”). The further origin of the word is uncertain, but it is perhaps related to Old English fyl?ian (“to marshal troops”) and Old English ?efyl?e (“band of men, army, host”), which would make it related to folk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: f?lch, IPA^(key): /f?lt?/
• Rhymes: -?lt?

Verb

filch (third-person singular simple present filches, present participle filching, simple past and past participle filched)

1. (transitive) To illegally take possession of (especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:steal

Derived terms

• filched (adjective)
• filcher
• filching (noun)

Translations

Noun

filch (plural filches)

1. Something which has been filched or stolen.
2. An act of filching; larceny, theft.
3. (obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
4. (obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.

Synonyms

• (act of filching): larceny, theft
• (person who filches): filcher, pilferer, thief

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”), from Dutch commanderen (“to command”), from French commander (“to command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?n?d??(r)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Verb

commandeer (third-person singular simple present commandeers, present participle commandeering, simple past and past participle commandeered)

1. (transitive) To seize for military use.
2. (transitive) To force into military service.
3. (transitive) To take arbitrarily or by force.

Translations

See also

• appropriate
• call up