Pickpocket

"Pickpocket" in Spanish

bolsista

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

carterista

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

chorizo

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

punga

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

punguista

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

bolsear

(to steal)

bolsiquear

(to steal)

carterear

(to steal)

pungar

(to steal)

punguear

(to steal)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.