Having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets:
— A light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault.
— The light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era.

synonym: nimble-fingered.

Roget 791: thieving etc. v.; thievish, light-fingered; furacious^†, furtive; piratical; predaceous, predal^†, predatory, predatorial^†; raptorial etc. (rapacious) 789.    stolen etc. v.. ... show more