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Pickpocket vs. Thief

Pickpocket and Thief Definitions

Pickpocket

One who steals from pockets.

Thief

One who commits the act or crime of theft.

Pickpocket

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

Thief

One who carries out a theft.

Pickpocket

To pick pockets; to steal.

Thief

One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
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Pickpocket

One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.

Thief

(obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.

Pickpocket

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

Thief

One who steals; one who commits theft or larceny. See Theft.
There came a privy thief, men clepeth death.
Where thieves break through and steal.

Thief

A waster in the snuff of a candle.
Take heed, have open eye, for thieves do foot by night.
Some roving robber calling to his fellows.

Thief

A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
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