Thesaurus:pickpocket

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pickpocket

English

Noun

Sense: one who steals from the pocket of a passerby

Synonyms

• cutpurse
• dip (dated)
• dipper
• foist (obsolete)
• footpad (obsolete)
• gonoph (UK, New York, dated)
• nip (obsolete)
• nipper (obsolete)
• pickpocket
• pickpocketer (chiefly India)
• pickpurse
• prig (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• autem diver (archaic)
• mobsman (obsolete)
• prat digger (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• criminal    [⇒ thesaurus]
• thief    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• Adam Tiler (idiomatic, archaic)
• street urchin (UK)

Further reading

• Some synonyms at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.