filching

English

Etymology

filch +‎ -ing

Verb

filching

1. present participle and gerund of filch

Noun

filching (countable and uncountable, plural filchings)

1. The act of one who filches; theft.
   • 1959, Jack London, The Star Rover:

     Truly, the worships of the Mystery wandered as did men, and between filchings and borrowings the gods had as vagabond a time of it as did we.