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Webster 1828 Edition


Filching

FILCH'ING

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ppr.
Stealing; taking from another wrongfully; pilfering.

Definition 2024


filching

filching

English

Verb

filching

  1. present participle of filch

Noun

filching (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.