The Collaborative International Dictionary
Filch \Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filched (f[i^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. Filching.] [Cf. AS. feolan to stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth. filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE. felen.] To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little value); to pilfer.
Fain would they filch that little food away.
--Dryden.
But he that filches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who filches; theft. vb. (present participle of filch English)
Wikipedia
Filching may refer to:
- a criminal offence; see Theft
- a village in East Sussex; see Willingdon and Jevington#Filching
Usage examples of "filching".
Serving boy, clever, but one day he got seen filching pepper from m'lord's table.
As it happens, the maidservant who attends Lady Tanda's daughter has been filching her jewels.
Tzitzi would assuredly have been killed on the spot if she had been caught filching one of the sacred things.
And you see this is only an ordinary, vulgar filching, because the boat was left empty a while.
It may well be true, as Mistress Vernold believes, that the two things are no way linked, the filching from the barge a mere snatch at what was available, for want of a watchman to guard it.
They skimmed Chigger's data filchings for what they could use and laid plans to further penetrate the An-dalusian facility.