pickpocket

See also: pick-pocket

English

pickpocket child

Alternative forms

• pick-pocket

Etymology

From pick +‎ pocket.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.

   Coordinate term: putpocket

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:pickpocket

Translations

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: ចោរ​លុក​ហោ​ប៉ោ (cao-luk-hao-pao)
• Korean: 소매치기 (ko) (somaechigi)
• Ladino: yankesidji
• 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

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To pick pockets; to steal.

Derived terms

• reverse-pickpocket

Translations

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)

French

Etymology

From English pickpocket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pik.pɔ.kɛt/

• Audio:

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Noun

pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

1. pickpocket

   Synonym: voleur à la tire

   Hypernym: voleur

Further reading

• “pickpocket”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “pickpocket” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.