cutpurse

n.
1. pick-pocket. thief (who cuts oft purses worn at
people’s girdles)扒手.（割人钱包的）窃贼。
△Lr.3.2.88(90):“Nor cutpurses come not to throngs；”割钱包的扒手不往人群里钻。
△H.V.3.6.65 (62):“I remember himnow; a bawd,a cutpurse.”我现在可把他想起来了；他是个拉皮条的，一个扒手。
2. thief贼。
△Ham.3.4.99: “A cutpurse of the em-pire and the rule.”一个窃国盗位的贼。