Thesaurus: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
Hypernyms
Various

Further reading

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