verb
- to steal something of small value in a sneaky way
Usage: informal
Examples
- The student tried to filch a cookie from the jar when no one was looking.
- Someone filched my pen while I was away from my desk.
- The child would filch candy from the store whenever possible.
- He was caught trying to filch money from his mother’s purse.
- She managed to filch a few grapes from the fruit stand.
- The cat seemed to filch food from other pets’ bowls.