pickpocket
noun/ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/UK
Etymology
Definitions
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.
To pick pockets
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.
The neighborhood
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA