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Filch meaning
To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
Example sentences (8)
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, McGonagall mentioned that Filch had been working there (and complaining about Peeves the Poltergeist) for a quarter century.
John is played by actor David Bradley, best known for playing Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films.
The film tells the true story of a group of strippers who banded together to filch cash from a group of robber baron bankers following the 2008 financial crisis.
Many fans have raised questions about Dumbledore’s decision to hire Argus Filch, a non-magical Squib, as caretaker of Hogwarts Castle.
The Marauder’s Map was taken from the original Marauders by Argus Filch near the end of James, Sirius, Remus and Peter’s Hogwarts careers.
Arthur Weasley claimed still to bear physical scars inflicted by Apollyon Pringle, Filch's predecessor.
Filch knows of just four of these while the Marauders (Remus Lupin, Peter Pettrigrew, Sirius Black and James Potter) and the Weasley twins know of all seven, though where some lead is unknown.
Filch was said to find cleaning supplies here when he had run out; when Fred and George Weasley needed a place to hide, it would appear as a broom cupboard.