pickpocket

Example Sentences

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And so, I always equate it to a pickpocket.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2025

His quick reflexes and deft glovework earned him the nickname "pickpocket" from former Indian coach Ravi Shastri.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025

She passes like a ponytailed Pistol Pete Maravich and she has the sticky fingers of a subway pickpocket.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

He explained that if cameras detected a person spending too much time at a train station, the system could flag a possible pickpocket.

From New York Times • Jun. 25, 2022

I saw a few scrawny boys leaning out the open upstairs windows, hooting and whistling at the fallen pickpocket on the street below.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan