Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Filch \Filch\ (f[i^]lch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Filched}
   (f[i^]lcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Filching}.] [Cf. AS. feolan to
   stick to, OHG. felhan, felahan, to hide, Icel. fela, Goth.
   filhan to hide, bury, Prov. E. feal to hide slyly, OE.
   felen.]
   To steal or take privily (commonly, that which is of little
   value); to pilfer.

         Fain would they filch that little food away. --Dryden.

         But he that filches from me my good name, Robs me of
         that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
                                                  --Shak.