the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > cutting or stealing purses > cut or steal purses			[verb (intransitive)]		 (3)		
transitive. To separate or remove by cutting; to sever from the main body; to lop off. With const. from or equivalent preposition, or adverb…
slang. transitive. Originally: spec. †to steal (a purse) by cutting it from a person's clothing (obsolete). Later: gen. to steal, pilfer. Now chiefly…
intransitive. To steal purses, to rob. Obsolete. rare.