Reverse-pickpocket
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To slip something into someone's pocket or pocketbook, without their knowledge, sometimes as a gesture of generosity. transitive
"But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street."
Example
More examples"But when no one's watching he will slip hundreds inside palms and pocketbooks of poor people—reverse-pickpocket them—or bolt out of a car to help someone old hobble across the street."
Etymology
From reverse + pickpocket.
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