Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-108.4.7.123-20150426005707/@comment-26213507-20150601041452

I think you can give a better item, wait a bit, then take their old item when it appears in their inventory. The character finds that the other item is better, equips it (after a while, not immediately) pockets the old item, which then you could get, so that might be the way to reverse pickpocket items to Scout, although for some characters it does not work, so be warned.