βαλλαντιοτομεῖν

From LSJ

δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: βαλλαντιοτομέω) be a cut-purse, be a pick-pocket