light-fingered vs nimble

light-fingered

adj
  • Having quick, light and nimble fingers. 

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

nimble

adj
  • Quick and light in movement or action. 

  • Adept at taking or grasping 

  • Quickwitted and alert. 

verb
  • To move nimbly. 

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