- pick a pocket
- {v. phr.} To steal by removing from the pocket of another. * /While in the train, somebody picked his pocket and took the last dollar he had./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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pick a pocket — {v. phr.} To steal by removing from the pocket of another. * /While in the train, somebody picked his pocket and took the last dollar he had./ … Dictionary of American idioms
pick\ a\ pocket — v. phr. To steal by removing from the pocket of another. While in the train, somebody picked his pocket and took the last dollar he had … Словарь американских идиом
You've Got to Pick a Pocket or Two — is a song from the Tony Award winning British musical Oliver! , and the 1968 Academy Award winning film Oliver! based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. The musical was penned by Lionel Bart, and was first shown in London s West End in … Wikipedia
pick (someone's) pocket — 1. to steal from your pockets or bag without you noticing. Someone in the subway picked my pocket and got my wallet. 2. to cheat someone. Her lawyer told her that he would look out for her interests and then proceeded to pick her pocket … New idioms dictionary
Pick — (p[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Picked} (p[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Picking}.] [OE. picken, pikken, to prick, peck; akin to Icel. pikka, Sw. picka, Dan. pikke, D. pikken, G. picken, F. piquer, W. pigo. Cf. {Peck}, v., {Pike}, {Pitch} to throw.] 1 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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pick — I [[t]pɪk[/t]] v. t. 1) to choose or select, esp. with care 2) to seek and find occasion for; provoke: to pick a fight[/ex] 3) to attempt to find; seek out: to pick flaws in an argument[/ex] 4) to steal the contents of: to pick a pocket[/ex] 5)… … From formal English to slang
pocket picking — Taking from another s pocket. A form of larceny. 32 Am J1st Larc § 44. Picking another s pocket, exercising only such force as is necessary to lift and remove the property from the pocket, is not robbery. However, if the thief jostles his victim… … Ballentine's law dictionary
pick — 1. to steal OED notes a use in 1300, which makes it one of the oldest euphemisms in the language, and in regular use since then: A charge of picking and unlawfully intermitting with his neighbour s goods. (Hector, 1876) To pick a… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Pick operating system — Company / developer Don Nelson, Dick Pick, TRW Programmed in Assembly language Initial release 1965 (GIRLS), 1973 (Reality Operating System) Marketing target Business data processing Available … Wikipedia
