— filcher , n. — filchingly , adv.
/filch/ , v.t.
to steal (esp. something of small value); pilfer: to filch ashtrays from fancy restaurants.
[ 1250-1300; ME filchen to attack (in a body), take as booty, OE fylcian to marshal (troops), draw (soldiers) up in battle array, deriv. of gefylce band of men; akin to FOLK ]
Syn . purloin, take, swipe, lift, snaffle, pinch.