clever vs light-fingered

clever

adj
  • Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept. 

  • Mentally quick and resourceful. 

  • Skilled at achieving what one wants, especially via unusual methods. 

  • Showing inventiveness or originality; witty. 

  • Possessing magical abilities. 

  • Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp. 

  • Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent. 

  • Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness. 

light-fingered

adj
  • Having quick, light and nimble fingers. 

  • Having nimble fingers, especially for stealing or picking pockets (pickpocketing), given to thievery or shoplifting. 

How often have the words clever and light-fingered occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )