Pickpocket

"Pickpocket" in Portuguese

batedor de carteira

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

carteirista

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

punguista

(one who steals from the pocket of a passerby)

bater carteira

(to steal)

punguear

(to steal)

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