βαλλαντιοτομεῖν
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)
(see also: βαλλαντιοτομέω) be a cut-purse, be a pick-pocket