cutpurse

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌkʌtˈpɜːs/
• (America) IPA: /ˌkʌtˈpɝs/

Noun

cutpurse (plural cutpurses)

1. A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
   • 1602 : William Shakespeare, Hamlet, act III scene 4

     A cutpurse of the empire and the rule

   • c. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o' Bedlam” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665):

     The Gipsie snap & Pedro
     are none of Toms Comradoes,
     yͤ punck I skorne, & yͤ cutpurse sworn
     & yͤ roring boyes brauadoes

Synonyms

• pickpocket, see also Thesaurus:pickpocket

Translations

• Russian: карма́нник

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