pickpocketing

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pickpocketing

noun pickpocketings

countable, uncountable The act of stealing from the pocket of a passerby; the crime committed by a pickpocket. Copperfield says he turned his pockets inside out to reveal nothing in them, even though he was carrying his passport, wallet and cellphone. "Call it reverse pickpocketing," Copperfield told The Palm Beach Post for Wednesday's editions.

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pickpocket

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noun pickpocketing

Español	pungueada
Deutsch	Taschendiebstahl

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@misc{pickpocketing_2026,
  title = {pickpocketing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pickpocketing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}