1) Exclusively Saxon word 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Old-style pickpocket 4) Pickpocket 5) Stealer 6) Thief 7) Word with Anglo-Saxon origins 8) Word of purely Anglo origin 1) Pickpocket 
• (n.) 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
someone who stole from the person in a surreptitious manner, by literally cutting the ties of purses which were worn hanging from belts before pockets were commonplace
Cut'purse` (kŭt'pûrs`) noun 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 « To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a 
a pickpocket. · (formerly) a person who steals by cutting purses from the belt.