filch
verb (used with object)
to steal (especially something of small value); pilfer.
filching
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present participleof filch.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Sandwich spirals — also known as pinwheels — remind us of our parents filching some leftovers from "grown up" game day or office parties for us to enjoy when we got home.
From Fox News ● Dec. 13, 2021
A confrontation also would be embarrassing – like having to tell a coworker that you suspected them of doing something unsavory, like filching your pens.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2020
Luhnow offered this lament even as the Astros were filching pitching signs like itchy-fingered bank robbers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Then they began filching stories from their real lives for the show.
From Slate ● May 29, 2012
It was fair filching by night, as the Major will tell you.
From Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy
