'Filch' definitions:

Definition of 'filch'

verb

Make off with belongings of others [syn: pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift]

From: GCIDE

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. [1913 Webster]
Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]