pickpocket vs yegg

pickpocket

verb
  • To pick pockets; to steal. 

noun
  • One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand. 

yegg

verb
  • To rob. 

noun
  • A person who breaks open safes; a burglar. 

How often have the words pickpocket and yegg occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )