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pickpocket

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English

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pickpocket child

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Etymology

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From pick +‎ pocket.

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Noun

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pickpocket (plural pickpockets)

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

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Verb

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

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

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French

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Etymology

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From English pickpocket.

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Noun

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pickpocket m (plural pickpockets)

  1. pickpocket
    Synonym: voleur à la tire
    Hypernym: voleur

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