Pickpocket vs. Thief: What's the Difference?

Pickpocket and Thief Definitions

One who steals from pockets.

One who commits the act or crime of theft.

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

One who carries out a theft.

To pick pockets; to steal.

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

One who steals purses or other articles from pockets.

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

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

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.

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.

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