M / mantĭcŭlor
verb deponent

mantĭcŭlor

2nd PP mantĭcŭlārī · conj. 1st
manticula; lit., to be busied with purses; hence
to steal
to steal (ante- and post-class.): cum utrem ventosissimum manticularentur, App. Mag. 55, p. 309, 36.—
to act slyly, go cunningly to work by extension
Transf., to act slyly, go cunningly to work: manticularum usus pauperibus in nummis recondendis etiam nostro saeculo fuit. Unde manticulari dicebantur, qui furandi gratiā manticulos attrectabant. Inde poëtae pro dolose quid agendo usi sunt eo verbo, etc., Pac. ap. Fest. p. 133 Müll. (Trag. Rel. v. 376 Rib.).