Cutpurse
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A pickpocket.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the chstom. Wharton.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One who steals by the method of cutting purses; a common practice when men wore their purses at their girdles, as was once the custom. Wharton.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Fr. cgnsour de burse, q. v.] In old criminal law. An offender answering to the modern pickpocket.