nimble-fingered vs thieving

nimble-fingered

adj

  • Thieving, thievish. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nimble, fingered. 

thieving

adj

  • That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal 

noun

  • The action of theft. 

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