pickpocket

One who steals from pockets.

One who picks pockets; one who steals, or makes a practice of stealing, from the pockets of others.

A plant, chiefly the shepherd’s-purse: so called from its impoverishing the soil. Also pickpurse.

One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.

One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

To pick pockets; to steal.

a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places