pickpocket
See also: pick-pocket
English
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editEtymology
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edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editpickpocket (plural pickpockets)
- One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
- Coordinate term: putpocket
Synonyms
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editone who steals from the pocket of a passerby
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Verb
editpickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)
- (transitive) To pick pockets; to steal.
Derived terms
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editto steal
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French
editEtymology
editFrom English pickpocket.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editpickpocket m (plural pickpockets)
- pickpocket
- Synonym: voleur à la tire
- Hypernym: voleur
Further reading
edit- “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.
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