pickpocket

[ pik-pok-it ]

/ ˈpɪkˌpɒk ɪt /

a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places.

to steal (a wallet, money, etc.) in the manner of a pickpocket.

to steal from (a person) in the manner of a pickpocket.

Origin of pickpocket

First recorded in 1585–95; pick¹ + pocket

Stolen features a pickpocket with a cleavage to kill for who gets caught and has to return a wallet.

Sexier Than ‘50 Shades of Grey’: Naughtiest Bits From 12 Other Erotica Bestsellers | |July 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In a crowded car, men instinctively clutch their pockets, and fancy a pickpocket in a benevolent-looking old gentleman opposite.

The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 |Various
As well might one expect the pickpocket who had abstracted a dollar, to put back two-and-sixpence change.

The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. |James Fenimore Cooper
Here slinks the pickpocket, here emerges the burglar, here skulks the felon.

Lucretia, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

His fingers trembled as if they were a pickpocket's near a purse of gold.

The Fifth Queen Crowned |Ford Madox Ford
"Which means that I am entertaining a pickpocket," said she, flushing again at the thought.

Jewel Mysteries |Max Pemberton

pickpocket

/ (ˈpɪkˌpɒkɪt) /

a person who steals from the pockets or handbags of others in public places