pickpocket
pickpocket. A thief who steals money or property from the person of another, usu. by stealth but sometimes by physical diversion such as bumping into or pushing the victim.
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personal crime
A crime (such as rape, robbery, or pickpocketing) that is committed against an individual’s person.
larceny from the person
Larceny in which the goods are taken directly from the person, but without violence or intimidation, the victim usu. being unaware of the taking. • Pickpocketing is a typical example. This offense is similar to robbery except that violence or intimidation is not involved. Cf. ROBBERY. [Cases: Larceny 19. C.J.S. Larceny §§ 8, 10–11.]
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modus operandi
modus operandi (moh-d[schwa]s op-[schwa]-ran-dIor -dee). [Latin “a manner of operating”] A method of operating or a manner of procedure; esp. a pattern of criminal behavior so distinctive that investigators attribute it to the work of the same person (staging a fight at the train station was part of the pickpocket’s modus operandi). — Abbr. M.O.