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Definition of pickpocket in English: pickpocketnoun ˈpɪkpɒkɪtˈpɪkˌpɑkət A person who steals from people's pockets. 小偷；扒手 Example sentencesExamples - Last Tuesday, police community support officers patrolled the market, keeping an eye out for thieves and pickpockets, while distributing crime prevention leaflets to stallholders and shoppers.
- Most pickpockets are cautious thieves hoping to avoid any kind of confrontation.
- Not even the moon shone on the black, starless night and the woman picked her way carefully across the city, keeping a wary eye out for cutpurses and nocturnal pickpockets.
- There was, of course, nothing she could do at the moment as pickpockets and others thieves worked they way through the streets of the large, bustling city.
- These were people who often turned to crime to make a living such as highwaymen or pickpockets, migrant workers who roamed the country looking for work, and individuals who begged for a living.
- The beggars in the city also indicate that there are thieves, pickpockets, robbers and the like lurking around.
- There are well-documented gangs of child pickpockets and other assorted thieves operating on both sides of the border.
- Like his brother, he was also a thief, pickpocket, mugger, robber, and arsonist, etc, but he didn't like killing people.
- The piper children are expert pickpockets and thieves, they have amassed countless treasures yet rarely sell them or spend any money.
- One of the biggest dangers to commuters at the time was the constant threat of pickpockets and other petty thieves preying upon unsuspecting victims.
- And on screen, she could play sentimental innocents, as well as jewel thieves, cross-dressing pickpockets, and slippery vamps.
- They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly.
- We must be on the look out for thieves and pickpockets, but also for anything suspicious in case of a terror attack.
- The station is regarded as a high-risk area frequented by pickpockets and thieves.
- What floor he was born on is still unknown, but for the better part of his sixteen years of life he was a thief, a pickpocket.
- He was too clumsy, for one thing - he walked heavily, forever bumping into things, and she could not see him as a pickpocket or a highway robber.
- It was clearly a haven for thieves, pickpockets, scoundrels, and worse.
- Whether it is day or night, travellers find it unsafe to stay for long hours waiting for buses here as it is the hub of pickpockets and petty thieves.
- It cites problems with beggars harassing shoppers, illegal street traders, shoplifters and pickpockets, litter, assault and robbery.
- Some conclude that by the 1840s pickpockets and shoplifters alike tended to be adults and professional thieves.
Synonyms thief, petty thief, sneak thief bag-snatcher, purse-snatcher archaic cutpurse, pickpurse, pocket-picker, purse-picker, finger, dipper, reefer
verb ˈpɪkpɒkɪtˈpɪkˌpɑkət [with object]Steal from the pockets of (someone) I think someone pickpocketed me in Brighton on my way to the station Example sentencesExamples - A 44-year-old man was pickpocketed at the cinema on Saturday, and his wallet was later found with £60 missing.
- We wandered around during the day, and didn't get pickpocketed the entire time, even in the notorious market which appeared to sell pretty much anything you would ever want to buy.
- The defendant also admitted to breaching a two-year conditional discharge set by Magistrates in August after attempting to pickpocket a 78-year-old in a supermarket.
- However, when I got home, I realised that I either lost my wallet or it had been pickpocketed.
- Although the public fear being a victim of identity fraud more than pickpocketing, mugging or even burglary, a large number still put themselves at risk by disposing of private information without first rendering it unreadable.
- Their targets are the estimated 40 to 50 criminals who specialise in pickpocketing, handbag snatching and breaking into cars.
- In contrast in Budapest, where I've had my post regularly stolen, my boots pinched, been pickpocketed twice and an Indian tourist was severely beaten up last week in broad daylight, I feel completely at ease.
- It's a market day and you tend to get higher levels of street crime and pickpocketing.
- As a child, for example, George admitted that he and fellow newsboy pickpocketed with impunity and without interruption for two years before his first apprehension.
- More than 80 percent said they or people close to them had been a victim of a crime - primarily burglaries, pickpocketing and purse-snatchings, as violent crimes are relatively rare.
- Many papers had to be filed about the last person who tried to pickpocket him and ended up in the hospital.
- Unlike Harry, who pickpocketed women, child pickpockets did not prey on the most vulnerable pedestrians; only one out of five victims, for example, was female.
- Keeping total eye contact on the small boy (to make sure he would not try to pickpocket him), he bent down to retrieve the apples; carefully putting them back in the basket.
- He also noted an increase in police patrols around the capital which has resulted in a marked reduction in pickpocketing and shoplifting over the past two weeks.
- If you're just going to offer me a job, then why try to pickpocket me?
- You might get pickpocketed because you wouldn't know young children are more adept at it than older ones.
- Everyone is out to pickpocket you, auto drivers cheat, cabs are too costly and anything served by the roadside is a local delicacy that is a must have and cheap.
- I didn't know whether I had been pickpocketed or had left it in the car.
- In another a distracted soldier is masterfully pickpocketed in a crowd in Saigon.
- I was in Rome a few weeks ago and I was almost pickpocketed… It can happen to anyone, anywhere.
Definition of pickpocket in US English: pickpocketnounˈpɪkˌpɑkətˈpikˌpäkət A person who steals from people's pockets. 小偷；扒手 Example sentencesExamples - And on screen, she could play sentimental innocents, as well as jewel thieves, cross-dressing pickpockets, and slippery vamps.
- There are well-documented gangs of child pickpockets and other assorted thieves operating on both sides of the border.
- We must be on the look out for thieves and pickpockets, but also for anything suspicious in case of a terror attack.
- Whether it is day or night, travellers find it unsafe to stay for long hours waiting for buses here as it is the hub of pickpockets and petty thieves.
- What floor he was born on is still unknown, but for the better part of his sixteen years of life he was a thief, a pickpocket.
- Most pickpockets are cautious thieves hoping to avoid any kind of confrontation.
- It was clearly a haven for thieves, pickpockets, scoundrels, and worse.
- There was, of course, nothing she could do at the moment as pickpockets and others thieves worked they way through the streets of the large, bustling city.
- One of the biggest dangers to commuters at the time was the constant threat of pickpockets and other petty thieves preying upon unsuspecting victims.
- They are all reformed criminals - drug dealers, pickpockets, and thieves who have agreed to go straight and earn their money honestly.
- The station is regarded as a high-risk area frequented by pickpockets and thieves.
- Like his brother, he was also a thief, pickpocket, mugger, robber, and arsonist, etc, but he didn't like killing people.
- These were people who often turned to crime to make a living such as highwaymen or pickpockets, migrant workers who roamed the country looking for work, and individuals who begged for a living.
- The piper children are expert pickpockets and thieves, they have amassed countless treasures yet rarely sell them or spend any money.
- It cites problems with beggars harassing shoppers, illegal street traders, shoplifters and pickpockets, litter, assault and robbery.
- Some conclude that by the 1840s pickpockets and shoplifters alike tended to be adults and professional thieves.
- The beggars in the city also indicate that there are thieves, pickpockets, robbers and the like lurking around.
- Last Tuesday, police community support officers patrolled the market, keeping an eye out for thieves and pickpockets, while distributing crime prevention leaflets to stallholders and shoppers.
- He was too clumsy, for one thing - he walked heavily, forever bumping into things, and she could not see him as a pickpocket or a highway robber.
- Not even the moon shone on the black, starless night and the woman picked her way carefully across the city, keeping a wary eye out for cutpurses and nocturnal pickpockets.
Synonyms thief, petty thief, sneak thief
verbˈpɪkˌpɑkətˈpikˌpäkət [with object]Steal from the pockets of (someone) she stopped in New Orleans where she skillfully pickpocketed tourists no object an elderly man caught pickpocketing in Times Square Example sentencesExamples - He also noted an increase in police patrols around the capital which has resulted in a marked reduction in pickpocketing and shoplifting over the past two weeks.
- It's a market day and you tend to get higher levels of street crime and pickpocketing.
- Everyone is out to pickpocket you, auto drivers cheat, cabs are too costly and anything served by the roadside is a local delicacy that is a must have and cheap.
- I didn't know whether I had been pickpocketed or had left it in the car.
- I was in Rome a few weeks ago and I was almost pickpocketed… It can happen to anyone, anywhere.
- Their targets are the estimated 40 to 50 criminals who specialise in pickpocketing, handbag snatching and breaking into cars.
- More than 80 percent said they or people close to them had been a victim of a crime - primarily burglaries, pickpocketing and purse-snatchings, as violent crimes are relatively rare.
- In contrast in Budapest, where I've had my post regularly stolen, my boots pinched, been pickpocketed twice and an Indian tourist was severely beaten up last week in broad daylight, I feel completely at ease.
- Many papers had to be filed about the last person who tried to pickpocket him and ended up in the hospital.
- Keeping total eye contact on the small boy (to make sure he would not try to pickpocket him), he bent down to retrieve the apples; carefully putting them back in the basket.
- A 44-year-old man was pickpocketed at the cinema on Saturday, and his wallet was later found with £60 missing.
- We wandered around during the day, and didn't get pickpocketed the entire time, even in the notorious market which appeared to sell pretty much anything you would ever want to buy.
- The defendant also admitted to breaching a two-year conditional discharge set by Magistrates in August after attempting to pickpocket a 78-year-old in a supermarket.
- Although the public fear being a victim of identity fraud more than pickpocketing, mugging or even burglary, a large number still put themselves at risk by disposing of private information without first rendering it unreadable.
- In another a distracted soldier is masterfully pickpocketed in a crowd in Saigon.
- Unlike Harry, who pickpocketed women, child pickpockets did not prey on the most vulnerable pedestrians; only one out of five victims, for example, was female.
- If you're just going to offer me a job, then why try to pickpocket me?
- However, when I got home, I realised that I either lost my wallet or it had been pickpocketed.
- As a child, for example, George admitted that he and fellow newsboy pickpocketed with impunity and without interruption for two years before his first apprehension.
- You might get pickpocketed because you wouldn't know young children are more adept at it than older ones.
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