pickpocket

pickpocket
{n.} A thief; a petty criminal who steals things and money out of people's pockets on a bus, train, etc. * /In some big cities many poor children become pickpockets out of poverty./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Pickpocket — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Pickpocket Título Pickpocket Ficha técnica Dirección Robert Bresson Producción Agnès Delahaie Guión …   Wikipedia Español

  • pickpocket — pick·pock·et n: a thief who surreptitiously steals money or valuables from the pockets or person of an individual Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. pickpocket …   Law dictionary

  • Pickpocket — Pick pock et, n. One who steals purses or other articles from pockets. Bentley. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pickpocket — (engl.), Taschendieb …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • pickpocket — (n.) also pick pocket, 1590s, from PICK (Cf. pick) (v.) + POCKET (Cf. pocket) (n.). Earlier was pick purse (late 14c.) …   Etymology dictionary

  • pickpocket — [n] petty thief bag snatcher, cutpurse, dipper, finger, pocket picker, purse snatcher, sneak thief, thief, wallet lifter; concept 412 …   New thesaurus

  • pickpocket — ► NOUN ▪ a person who steals from people s pockets …   English terms dictionary

  • pickpocket — [pik′päk΄it] n. a thief who steals from the pockets of persons, as in crowds …   English World dictionary

  • Pickpocket — Vol à la tire « Pickpocket » redirige ici. Pour le film, voir Pickpocket (film). Le vol à la tire, dont les auteurs sont couramment désignés par l’anglicisme pickpocket (littéralement « prendre dans la poche »), est une forme… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pickpocket — /pik pok it/, n. 1. a person who steals money, wallets, etc., from the pockets of people, as in crowded public places. v.t. 2. to steal (a wallet, money, etc.) in the manner of a pickpocket. 3. to steal from (a person) in the manner of a… …   Universalium

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