pickpocket
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pickpocket
- /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ UK
noun pickpockets · pick-pocket
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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.
Similar: cutpurse, dip, dipper, foist, footpad, gonoph, nip, nipper, pickpocket, pickpocketer, pickpurse, prig
verb pickpockets · pickpocketing · pickpocketed · pick-pocket
- To pick pockets; to steal. 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.
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noun one who steals from the pocket of a passerby
| Español | carterista, bolsista, punguista, chorizo, punga |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 소매치기 somaechigi |
| 日本語 | 掏摸 suri |
| 中文 | 扒手 páshǒu, 三隻手 /三只手 sānzhīshǒu |
| हिन्दी | गाँठकट gā̃ṭhkaṭ |
| Kiswahili | mchopozi |
| Português | punguista, batedor de carteira, carteirista |
| Français | pickpocket, voleur à la tire |
| Deutsch | Taschendieb, Taschendiebin |
| Italiano | borseggiatore, borsaiolo |
| Ελληνικά | πορτοφολάς portofolás |
| Română | hoț de buzunare, pungaș |
| Русский | карма́нный вор karmánnyj vor, карма́нник karmánnik, щипа́ч ščipáč |
| Tiếng Việt | kẻ móc túi |
| العربية | نَشَّال naššāl |
| עברית | כייס kayás |
verb to steal
| Español | bolsear, punguear, carterear, bolsiquear, pungar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 掏る |
| 中文 | 扒竊 /扒窃 páqiè, 掏腰包 tāo yāobāo |
| Português | punguear, bater carteira |
| Deutsch | bestehlen, Taschendiebstahl machen |
| Italiano | borseggiare |
| Tiếng Việt | móc túi |
Talk about this word "pickpocket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pickpocket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pickpocket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pickpocket "pickpocket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pickpocket.Cite this
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title = {pickpocket},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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