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filching

/ˈfɪltʃɪŋ/

Translations

filchinggerund / present participle

/ˈfɪltʃɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe someone or something that steals.

chapardeurQui vole de menus objets, surtout avec discrétion.

The filching raccoons rummaged through the campers' supplies.

Les ratons laveurs chapardeurs fouillaient les provisions des campeurs.

Additional translations

voleurGénéral, moins précis que chapardeur.

Synonyms

filchingnoun

filchings

larcinPetit vol, souvent commis discrètement.

The shopkeeper was tired of the constant filching of candy by the neighborhood kids.

Le commerçant était lassé du larcin constant de bonbons par les enfants du quartier.

Additional translations

filouterieFamilier, avec une nuance de vol sournois ou d'escroquerie légère.

Synonyms

filchgerund / present participle

filching

Used attributively to describe someone or something engaged in stealing.

chapardeurPour qualifier une personne qui vole à la dérobée; registre familier.

Security guards kept an eye on the filching pickpockets at the fair.

Les agents de sécurité surveillaient les pickpockets chapardeurs à la foire.

Synonyms

filchverb

filching

Gerund

filched

Past Simple

filched

Past Participle

filching

Gerund

/fɪltʃ/

chaparderSe dit surtout d’un petit vol discret ou en douce.

She managed to filch a few coins from the jar when no one was looking.

Elle a réussi à chaparder quelques pièces dans le bocal quand personne ne regardait.

Additional translations

déroberPlus neutre; peut s’employer dans un registre soutenu.

Synonyms

Definitions

filchinggerund / present participle

Stealing or inclined to steal; engaged in petty theft.

The filching raccoons rummaged through the campers' supplies.

filchingnoun

The act of stealing something, especially something of small value or in a sneaky manner.

The shopkeeper was tired of the constant filching of candy by the neighborhood kids.

filchgerund / present participle

Engaged in stealing; thieving.

Security guards kept an eye on the filching pickpockets at the fair.

filchverb

To steal something, especially something of small value, in a casual or sneaky manner.

She managed to filch a few coins from the jar when no one was looking.