English[edit]
pickpocket child
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From pick + pocket.
Pronunciation[edit]
pickpocket (plural pickpockets)
- One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
- Coordinate term: putpocket
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who steals from the pocket of a passerby
- Albanian: xhepist m
- Arabic: نَشَّال m (naššāl)
- Egyptian Arabic: نشال m (naššāl)
- Armenian: գրպանահատ (hy) (grpanahat)
- Azerbaijani: cibgir, cibəgirən
- Bulgarian: джебчия m (džebčija)
- Burmese: please add this translation if you can
- Catalan: carterista (ca), escurabutxaques (ca) m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 扒手 (zh) (páshǒu), 三隻手／三只手 (zh) (sānzhīshǒu)
- Czech: kapsář (cs) m
- Danish: lommetyv (da) c
- Dutch: zakkenroller (nl), gauwdief (nl) m or f
- Esperanto: poŝoŝtelisto
- Estonian: taskuvaras
- Finnish: taskuvaras (fi)
- French: pickpocket (fr) m, voleur à la tire (fr) m
- Galician: carteirista f
- Georgian: ჯიბგირი (ǯibgiri)
- German: Taschendieb (de) m, Taschendiebin (de) f
- Greek: πορτοφολάς (el) m (portofolás)
- Hebrew: כייס (he) m (kayás)
- Hungarian: zsebtolvaj (hu), zsebmetsző (hu)
- Icelandic: vasaþjófur m
- Indonesian: pencopet (id), copet (id)
- Irish: peasghadaí m, piocaire póca m
- Italian: borseggiatore (it) m, borsaiolo (it) m
- Japanese: 掏摸 (ja) (すり, suri)
- Javanese: copèt
- Khmer: ចោរលុកហោប៉ោ (cao-luk-hao-pao)
- Korean: 소매치기 (ko) (somaechigi)
- Lao: ຄົນລ່ວງກະເປົາ (khon lūang ka pao)
- Latin: manticulātor m, sacculārius m
- Macedonian: џе́пчија m (džépčija)
- Malay: penyeluk saku
- Maori: ringa kamakama
- Mongolian: халаасны хулгайч (xalaasny xulgajč)
- Norman: filou m (Jersey)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lommetyv m, lommetjuv m
- Nynorsk: lommetjuv m
- Polish: kieszonkowiec (pl) m
- Portuguese: punguista (pt) m or f, batedor de carteira (pt) m, carteirista (pt) m or f, trombadinha (pt) m or f
- Romani: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: hoț de buzunare m, pungaș (ro) m
- Russian: карма́нный вор (ru) m (karmánnyj vor), карма́нник (ru) m (karmánnik), (slang) щипа́ч (ru) m (ščipáč)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: џепарош m
- Roman: džeparoš (sh) m
- Slovene: žepar (sl) m, žeparka f
- Spanish: carterista (es), bolsista (es) m or f (Mexico), punguista m or f (Argentina), chorizo (es) m (Spain, colloquial)
- Swahili: mchopozi
- Swedish: ficktjuv (sv) c
- Tagalog: mandurukot
- Telugu: జేబుదొంగ (jēbudoṅga), కత్తెరదొంగ (te) (katteradoṅga)
- Thai: นักแซ้ง (nák-sáeng), มือกาว (meu-gaao), นักล้วงกระเป๋า (th) (nák-lúuang-grà-bpǎo)
- Turkish: (slang) dızcı, kapkaççı (tr), yankesici (tr)
- Ukrainian: кишенько́вий зло́дій m (kyšenʹkóvyj zlódij)
- Vietnamese: kẻ móc túi
- Yoruba: jáwójáwó
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pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)
- (transitive) To pick pockets; to steal.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to steal
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 扒竊／扒窃 (zh) (páqiè), 掏腰包 (zh) (tāo yāobāo)
- Esperanto: poŝoŝteli
- Finnish: tehdä taskuvarkaus, varastaa taskusta, varastaa taskuista
- Italian: borseggiare (it)
- Japanese: 掏る (ja) (する, suru)
- Portuguese: punguear
- Spanish: bolsear (es) (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico), punguear (Argentina), carterear (es) (Cuba, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Chile)
- Tagalog: mandukot
- Turkish: çarpmak (tr), dızlamak (tr)
- Vietnamese: móc túi (vi)
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Etymology[edit]
From English pickpocket.
Pronunciation[edit]
pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)
- pickpocket
- Synonym: voleur à la tire
- Hypernym: voleur
Further reading[edit]
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