pickpocket
See also: pick-pocket
English
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/
Noun
pickpocket (plural pickpockets)
- One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
Synonyms
Translations
one who steals from the pocket of a passerby
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Verb
pickpocket (third-person singular simple present pickpockets, present participle pickpocketing, simple past and past participle pickpocketed)
- To pick pockets; to steal.
Translations
to steal
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French
Etymology
From English pickpocket.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pik.pɔ.kɛt/
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Further reading
- “pickpocket” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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