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Pickpocket

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

    "Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks."

  2. 2
    a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To pick pockets; to steal. transitive

    "Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pick + pocket.

Etymology 2

From pick + pocket.

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