pickpocket
See also: pick-pocket
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
pickpocket (plural pickpockets)
- One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
Synonyms
Translations
one who steals from the pocket of a passerby
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Verb
pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)
- To pick pockets; to steal.
Translations
to steal
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French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English pickpocket.
Pronunciation
Noun
pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)
Further reading
- “pickpocket”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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