Pilfering, thievishness; cheating, deception.

Pilfering, skulking. in mitching wise: in a skulking or surreptitious manner. Obsolete.

spec. Stealing, theft; (in later use) petty theft; pilfering; an instance of this. Esp. in picking and stealing (frequently with allusion to the…

The action of purloin, v.; pilfering, filching. Also: a (petty) theft; a stolen item.

The action of pilfering. Now chiefly in pilfer-proof, adj.

Petty theft; an instance of this.

Plundering, robbery; stealing in small quantities, petty theft; an instance of this. Also: a stolen object.

The action of filch, v.

†(a) The forestalling of others of their food. Obsolete. (b) Pilfering, stealing.

Petty theft, peculation; an act of this. Also: †a petty thief (obsolete).

(in many U.S. states and formerly in Britain) theft of personal property having a value of less than a legally specified amount.

attributive and in other combinations, as filching-sack, filching-trade.

slang (originally cant). Stealing, thieving. In later use chiefly: petty theft, pilfering. Now historical.

the art or practice of a filcher.

slang. The action or practice of stealing or pilfering.

one who steals or robs alone; also (quots. 1743–1752), stealing, pilfering. Obsolete.

The action or practice of pilfering; petty theft; an instance of this.

The action of cabbage, v.2; pilfering, purloining; (also) plagiarizing.

Criminals' slang. The action or practice of stealing or embezzling a small amount from a quantity of money, goods, etc. Later also more…

Petty theft; an instance of this.

The act of ‘cribbing’; a petty theft. (See crib, v. 7.) rare.

The action of filching or stealing.

Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The action of taking or keeping something as a souvenir or memento; (euphemistic) pilfering, petty theft. Cf. sou…