cutpurses in English

noun
1
a pickpocket or thief.
Pleas of the crown should also be heard at these sessions, before bailiffs and coroners, except for cases of cutpurses and thieves caught redhanded or arrested upon complaint of a visiting outsider (as in the time of fair or market).
noun

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1. Cutpurse (plural Cutpurses) A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public

2. 1 Description 2 Spawning 3 Combat 3.1 Abilities 4 Possible Rewards Cutpurses are hooded rat men armed with daggers

3. Cutpurses can be found in Drangheim, Guberland, Thjorgard, Thronheim, and Inventa Storca.They have a melee attack and a ranged attack, both of which do 2D4+1 physical damage.

4. "I followed him through the streets, listening to his rant, the insults directed at me for knowing cutpurses and Caitiffs, and how dare I lead him into such dens of ordure." Frank McCourt; From an Affair with Books to a Book Fair; The New York Times; Sep 19, 1997