1. the act of stealing small items in a sneaky manner
Usage: gerund form

1. stealing something small or of little value, typically in a sneaky way
Usage: present participle of ‘filch’

Examples

• She caught him filching cookies from the jar.
• The employee was fired for filching office supplies.
• Stop filching my pens from my desk!
• His constant filching of small items eventually got him in trouble.
• The filching of candy from the store was witnessed by security.
• They accused the student of filching answers during the test.
• Filching loose change from coat pockets is still stealing.