filching

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

filch +‎ -ing

Verb[edit]

filching

  1. present participle and gerund of filch

Noun[edit]

filching (countable and uncountable, plural filchings)

  1. The act of one who filches; theft.
    • 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover:
      Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.
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