smouch

Etymology

Perhaps compare mooch.

smouch means to take dishonestly or unfairly, to steal from or cheat out of. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

verb

To take dishonestly or unfairly, to steal from or cheat out of.“[…]So I'll mosey along now, and smouch a couple of case-knives." "Smouch three," he says; "we want one to make a saw out of."”