Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (UK Und.) to cheat; thus as n., a trick.

1781		Belle’s Stratagem 41: Have a sharp look out ere you tie them together — for he’ll jostle you both, as he has done me.
1821		Egan Life in London (1869) 74: Upon the turf, there were few heroes who were better acquainted with the manœuvres of the ‘sweaters and trainers,’ or was sooner ‘down’ to a cross and jostle, than corinthian tom.
1967		in S. Harris Hellhole 254: All you need to do when you’re jostling [...] is to walk down the street and look for a man who looks like he’s from out of town. Then you [...] say ‘How would you like to see some nice young girl, friend?’.

2. (US Und./police) to pickpocket; thus jostling n.; jostle operation n., pickpocketing.

1965		C. Brown Manchild in the Promised Land (1969) 167: They’d have paddy boys down there jostling too.
1970		Time 6 July 42: Robert Baldwin, charged with ‘jostling,’ [...] was convicted by a single judge.
1986		C. Stroud Close Pursuit (1988) 105: Ahmad was a front man for a jostle operation.