Word: filches
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...year in jail for breaking into a cafe, despite his contention that he I) stumbled against the window, smashing two panes; 2.) entered "to leave my name and address"; 3) "was looking in the till for a pencil" when caught. In Chicago, John Moore, charged with trying to filch a policeman's wallet, explained: "I was sleepy, and my hand just kept moving toward his pocket...
With scarcely a harsh word spoken and no show of disorder beyond a cut telephone wire, the fat burglar and the thin managed to filch 600,000 francs in bills from Engineer Henri Berger's office safe and persuade Henri to order another 6,000,000 sent over from the safe in his apartment...