pickpocket

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His initial meeting with Grace, a pickpocket he picks up because she may hold a key to the keys, is flat, rather than charming.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

He got an audition by accident to play pickpocket Short Round in 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, then starred as gadget-loving Data in The Goonies the following year.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2023

A very fast read, the book follows a well-mannered pickpocket and serves as a guide of sorts to the dynamics of the city’s ancient markets — the swindling, the bargaining, the haggling for a deal.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Himmelsbach went to the police station in Mazatlan, where the pickpocket pleaded not to be sent to jail.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022

In another sense, the tragedy of the once master pickpocket made him, for those brother old-timer hustlers, a “there but for the grace of God” symbol.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey