As nouns the difference between mugger and pickpocketing
is that mugger is a street robber while pickpocketing is the act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
As a verb pickpocketing is
present participle of lang=en.
mugger
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(
en noun)
A street robber.
A person who makes exaggerated faces, as a performance; a gurner.
Etymology 2
From (etyl).
Noun
(
en noun)
A large crocodile Crocodilus palustris of southwest Asia, having a very broad wrinkled snout.
pickpocketing
English
Noun
The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket.
Verb
(head)