Definition of "filching" [filching]

• Present participle of filch. (verb)

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• ""The Queen," said my daughter, "should celebrate her Jubilee by giving good gifts to her subjects, and not by filching from the poor their pennies."
• "Then the Philadelphia Eagles, the team I adore, went out and made the most dramatic free-agent signing of the year, filching world-class cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha from under the noses of the New York Jets, and my attitude underwent a dramatic shift."
• "It's as good an option, I decide that evening, as filching leftovers from supermarket bins."