Thesaurus:pickpocket

Thesaurus:pickpocket

THESAURUS

pickpocket

English

Synonyms

• cutpurse

• dip (dated)

• dipper

• foist (obsolete)

• gonoph (UK, New York, dated)

• nip (obsolete)

• nipper (obsolete)

• pickpocket

• pickpocketer (chiefly India)

• pickpurse

• prig

Hyponyms

• abandannaad (UK, archaic)

• autem diver (archaic)

• mobsman (obsolete)

• prat digger (obsolete)

Hypernyms

• criminal    [WS]

• thief    [WS]

Various

• Adam Tiler (idiomatic, archaic)

• street urchin (UK)

Further reading

• Some synonyms at Google Ngram Viewer