fichar

/fiˈt͡ʃaɾ/ · B2 · verb

to book, to put on file, in the crosshairs

🕘🗂️ sounds like FEE-char: you pay a fee to be charted on file

Fichar comes from ficha, a card or index slip. You punch your ficha at work, and police or offices make a ficha on someone. Card in, card out: clock in, record, or put on file.

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