Definition of filches:
(v) :
(transitive) To illegally take possession of (something, especially items of low value); to pilfer, to steal.
(n) :
An act of filching; larceny, theft.
(n) :
Something which has been filched or stolen.
(n) :
(obsolete) A person who filches; a filcher, a pilferer, a thief.
(n) :
(obsolete) A hooked stick used to filch objects.