crafty vs sticky-fingered

crafty

adj
  • Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. 

  • Skillful at deceiving others. 

  • Sneaky; surreptitious. 

  • Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. 

sticky-fingered

adj
  • Skillful in catching or handling the ball, in such games as baseball, football, basketball, etc. 

  • Possessing the behavioral trait of stealing, especially of engaging in petty theft while handling money or goods. 

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