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noun (n)

• a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places(noun.person)

  Synonym:
  dip, pickpocket
  

  source: wordnet30
• One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket(noun)

  source: webster1913