filching

Definitions

The act of stealing something in a casual, stealthy, or petty manner.

Pilfering or taking small items of little value.

Examples

The young boy was caught filching apples from the neighborhood grocery store.

She spent her afternoon filching small trinkets from the antique shop while the owner was distracted.

Synonyms

stealing pilfering thieving purloining lifting swiping pinching

Antonyms

giving donating returning bestowing offering surrendering relinquishing