noun
- plural of filcher; people who steal small items or take things without permission
Usage: informal; usually refers to petty theft rather than serious crime
Examples
- The store hired security to catch filchers stealing merchandise from the shelves.
- Office filchers were taking snacks from the break room without paying.
- The museum installed cameras to deter filchers from pocketing small artifacts.
- Known filchers were banned from entering the library.
- Filchers of office supplies cost companies thousands of dollars each year.