reverse pickpocket

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English

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Etymology

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From reverse +‎ pickpocket.

Verb

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reverse pickpocket (third-person singular simple present reverse pickpockets, present participle reverse pickpocketing, simple past and past participle reverse pickpocketed)

  1. Alternative form of reverse-pickpocket

Noun

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reverse pickpocket (plural reverse pickpockets)

  1. One who reverse-pickpockets, that is, who puts something in people's pockets without their knowledge.
    • 2004, Abraham B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin, The Liberated Bride, page 216:
      Rashid gave his sister a staunch, comforting hug and deftly slipped, like a reverse pickpocket, several bills of money into the un-protesting pocket of her gown.